The Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) in Svalbard - clay mineral and geochemical signals

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 302, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 156-169

  Dypvik, Henning ^a   Riber, Lars ^b   Burca, Florin ^c   Rüther, Denise ^d   Jargvoll, David ^a   Nagy, Jenö ^a   Jochmann, Malte ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Weatherford Petroleum Consultants   (Norway)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e Store Norske Spitsbergen Grubekompani   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental changes; Mineralogical and geochemical effects; PETM; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DRILLING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HYPSITHERMAL; KAOLINITE; OUTCROP; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; SEAFLOOR; SHALE;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 79952736939     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.12.025     Document Type: Article

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