Nutrient trap for Late Cretaceous organic-rich black shales in the tropical North Atlantic

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1111-1114

  Berrocoso, Álvaro Jiménez ^a   MacLeod, Kenneth G ^a   Martin, Ellen E ^b   Bourbon, Elodie ^b   Londoño, Carolina Isaza ^a,c   Basak, Chandranath ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALES; BOTTOM WATER; CENOMANIAN; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CONTINUOUS DEPOSITION; DEMERARA RISE; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; ISOTOPIC DATA; ISOTOPIC VALUES; LATE CRETACEOUS; LOW OXYGEN; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC WATERS; NUTRIENT TRAPPING; OCEAN ANOXIC EVENT 2; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SANTONIAN; SEA FLOOR;

DEBRIS; FEEDBACK; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; SALINE WATER; SHALE;

NUTRIENTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BLACK SHALE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); DEMERARA RISE;

EID: 78650134023     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31195.1     Document Type: Article

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