Expression of an Oceanic Anoxic Event in a NERITIC SETTING: LOWER Aptian coral rubble deposits from the western Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain, Spain)

Palaios

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-32

  Bover Arnal, Telm ^a,e   Salas, Ramon ^b   Martín Closas, Carles ^c   Schlagintweit, Felix ^d   Moreno Bedmar, Josep A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Departament de Geoquímica Petrologia i Prospecció Geològica   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Université de Fribourg ^*  (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; encruster; Lithocodium aggregatum; OAE1a; Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; APTIAN; BIVALVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LITHOFACIES; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SPONGE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

IBERIAN CORDILLERA; MAESTRAT BASIN; SPAIN;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; PALORBITOLINA LENTICULARIS;

EID: 78650897570     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2010.p10-055r     Document Type: Article

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