Multiproxy analysis of a new terrestrial and a marine Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary site from New Zealand

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 657-672

  Ferrow, Embaie ^a,d   Vajda, Vivi ^a   Koch, Christian Bender ^b   Peucker Ehrenbrink, Bernhard ^c   Willumsen, Pi Suhr ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d ENAMCO   (Eritrea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY; CONDENSATION; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DIAGENESIS; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOETHITE; JAROSITE; MINERALOGY; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PALYNOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTION KINETICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

NEW ZEALAND;

DINOPHYCEAE; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 78650216719     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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