Morphological patterns of Aptian Lithocodium-Bacinella geobodies: Relation to environment and scale

Sedimentology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 883-911

  Rameil, Niels ^a,d   Immenhauser, Adrian ^a   Warrlich, Georg ^b   Hillgärtner, Heiko ^c   Droste, Henk J ^b,e  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^c Shell Development Oman LLC   (Oman)

^d Neftex Petroleum Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptian; Environmental control; Lithocodium Bacinella; Morphogenesis; Observational scale; Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a; Sultanate of Oman

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; APTIAN; BIOTA; BLACK SHALE; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOZOIC; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHALLOW WATER; TAXONOMY;

OMAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77952330308     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01124.x     Document Type: Article

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