The uppermost Middle and Upper Albian succession at the Col de Palluel, Hautes-Alpes, France: An integrated study (ammonites, inoceramid bivalves, planktonic foraminifera, nannofossils, geochemistry, stable oxygen and carbon isotopes, cyclostratigraphy)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 59-130

  Gale, A S ^a   Bown, P ^b   Caron, M ^c   Crampton, J ^d   Crowhurst, S J ^e   Kennedy, W J ^f   Petrizzo, M R ^g   Wray, D S ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albian; Ammonites; Cyclostratigraphy; France; Geochemistry; Inoceramid bivalves; Nannofossils; Planktonic foraminifera; Stable oxygen and carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; ALUMINUM OXIDE; AMMONITE; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CENOMANIAN; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; NANOFOSSIL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

FRANCE; GUBBIO; HAUTES ALPES; ITALY; MARCHE; PERUGIA; PESARO E URBINO; PIOBBICO; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; UMBRIA;

BIVALVIA; FORAMINIFERA; INOCERAMIDAE;

EID: 78951472423     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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