Significance of δDkerogen, δ13Ckerogen and δ34Spyrite from several Permian/Triassic (P/Tr) sections

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 21-29

  Nabbefeld, Birgit ^a   Grice, Kliti ^a   Schimmelmann, Arndt ^b   Sauer, Peter E ^b   Böttcher, Michael E ^c   Twitchett, Richard ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Carbon isotopes; Hydrogen isotopes; Permian; Photic zone euxinia; Spitsbergen; Sulfur isotopes; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; PERMIAN; PHOTIC ZONE EUXINIA; SPITSBERGEN; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TRIASSIC;

BIOMARKERS; CARBONATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; SULFUR;

KEROGEN;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; KEROGEN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PHOTIC ZONE; PYRITE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TYPE SECTION;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

HOVEA;

EID: 77953020676     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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