Middle and late Cenomanian oceanic anoxic events in shallow and deeper shelf environments of western Morocco

Sedimentology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1430-1462

  Gertsch, Brian ^a   Adatte, Thierry ^b   Keller, Gerta ^a   Tantawy, Abdel Aziz A M ^c   Berner, Zsolt ^d   Mort, Haydon P ^e   Fleitmann, Dominik ^f  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c ASWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Middle Cenomanian event; Morocco; Oceanic anoxic event 2; Palaeoclimate; Shallow shelf environments

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; MOROCCO; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT 2; PALAEOCLIMATE; SHALLOW SHELF ENVIRONMENTS;

BEACHES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; LAMINATING; MINERALS; PHOSPHORUS; SHALE; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENTHOS; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOSTROME; BLACK SHALE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CENOMANIAN; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEEP WATER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MINERALOGY; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOCLIMATE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTON; SEA LEVEL; SHALLOW WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRADE WIND;

AFRICAN MARGIN [ATLANTIC OCEAN]; AGADIR BAY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GUELMIM-ES SMARA; MOROCCO; SOUSS-MASSA-DRAA; TARFAYA BASIN;

OSTREIDAE; ROTALIPORA CUSHMANI; ROTALIPORA REICHELI;

EID: 77956622450     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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