Milankovitch-scale palynological turnover across the Triassic-Jurassic transition at St. Audrie's Bay, SW UK

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 877-888

  Bonis, Nina R ^a   Ruhl, Micha ^a   Kürschner, Wolfram M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; HIGH RESOLUTION; JURASSIC; MASS EXTINCTION EVENTS; MILANKOVITCH; MONSOON STRENGTH; ORBITAL ECCENTRICITY; PIONEER PLANT; PLAUSIBLE MECHANISMS; TRIASSIC; TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPES;

GEOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FERN; FLORA; JURASSIC; MASS EXTINCTION; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; SPORE; TRIASSIC;

ENGLAND; SAINT AUDRIE'S BAY; SOMERSET; UNITED KINGDOM;

EQUISETALES; FILICOPHYTA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 77956979922     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-141     Document Type: Article

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