Mudrock sequence stratigraphy: A multi-proxy (sedimentological, paleobiological and geochemical) approach, Devonian Appalachian Basin

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 54-73

  Ver Straeten, Charles A ^a   Brett, Carlton E ^b   Sageman, Bradley B ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acadian Orogeny; Appalachian Basin; Devonian; Geochemical proxies; Mudrocks; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOINDICATOR; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEVONIAN; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FACIES; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GRAIN SIZE; MUDSTONE; OROGENY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REDOX POTENTIAL; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICON; SUCCESSION;

APPALACHIAN BASIN;

EID: 79954763574     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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