A resin nodule in the Cretaceous Garschella Formation from Langer Köchel (Bavaria, S Germany): Possible origin and palaeogeographic provenance

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-13

  Engelbrecht, Hubert ^a   Föllmi, Karl B ^b   Baumer, Ursula ^c   Koller, Johann ^c  

^a Université de Lausanne ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Doerner Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agathalene; Amber; Cretaceous; Garschella formation; Palaeogeography; Resin nodule

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FOSSIL; GLAUCONITE; ORGANIC ACID; OUTCROP; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; RESIN; SPECTROMETRY;

BAVARIA; GERMANY;

AGATHIS (CONIFER); AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 77954176633     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-010-0003-7     Document Type: Article

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