Precise position of the Basal Chote event and evolution of sedimentary environments near the Lower-Middle Devonian boundary: The magnetic susceptibility, gamma-ray spectrometric, lithological, and geochemical record of the Prague Synform (Czech Republic)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 96-112

  Koptíková, Leona ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Gamma ray spectrometry; Lower Middle Devonian; Magnetic susceptibility; Prague Synform

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBONATE; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DETRITUS; DEVONIAN; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNITUDE; MINERAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPECTROMETRY; STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITY;

CZECH REPUBLIC; PRAGUE;

EID: 79954950177     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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