Diagenetic versus detrital origin of the magnetic susceptibility variations in some carbonate Frasnian-Famennian boundary sections from Northern Africa and Western Europe: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 57-73

  Riquier, Laurent ^a,c   Averbuch, Olivier ^a   Devleeschouwer, Xavier ^b   Tribovillard, Nicolas ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Frasnian Famennian boundary; Magnetic susceptibility; Paleozoic carbonates; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SYSTEM; CLAY MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; FAMENNIAN; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; GRAIN SIZE; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC;

AFRICA; FRANCE; GERMANY; MOROCCO;

EID: 77954581272     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0492-7     Document Type: Article

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