δ34SCAS and δ18OCAS records during the Frasnian-Famennian (Late Devonian) transition and their bearing on mass extinction models

Chemical Geology

Volumn 275, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 221-234

  John, Eleanor H ^a   Wignall, Paul B ^a   Newton, Robert J ^a   Bottrell, Simon H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frasnian Famennian; Kellwasser events; Marine sulphate; Mass extinction; Oxygen isotopes; Sulphur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; INLAND SEA; MASS EXTINCTION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PYRITE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEAWATER; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TRANSGRESSION;

BELGIUM; POLAND;

EID: 77954540142     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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