Orbital tuning as an inverse problem: Chronology of the early Aptian oceanic anoxic event 1a (Selli Level) in the Cismon APTICORE

Paleoceanography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Malinverno, A ^a   Erba, E ^b   Herbert, T D ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; APTIAN; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BOREHOLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; ORBIT DETERMINATION; PERIODICITY; PROBABILITY; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 77954321517     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009PA001769     Document Type: Article

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