Evidence for oxic conditions during oceanic anoxic event 2 in the northern Tethyan pelagic realm

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 500-514

  Westermann, S ^a,b   Caron, M ^c   Fiet, N ^d   Fleitmann, D ^e   Matera, V ^f   Adatte, T ^a   Follmi K B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d AREVA NP   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Alps; Cenomanian Turonian boundary; Helvetic realm; OAE 2; Palaeoceanography; Phosphorus; Redox sensitive trace elements; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; HIATUS; OXIC CONDITIONS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TETHYS; TRACE ELEMENT; TYPE SECTION;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

FORAMINIFERA; HELVETOGLOBOTRUNCANA HELVETICA; ROTALIPORA CUSHMANI;

EID: 77957752444     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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