Cretaceous oceanic red beds as possible consequence of oceanic anoxic events

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 27-37

  Wang, Chengshan ^a   Hu, Xiumian ^b   Huang, Yongjian ^a   Wagreich, Michael ^c   Scott, Robert ^d   Hay, William ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shales; Cretaceous; Oceanic anoxic events; Oceanic red beds; Paleoceanography; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DEPOSITS; FERTILIZERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OIL SHALE; SHALE;

BLACK SHALES; CRETACEOUS; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATES; RED BED;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BLACK SHALE; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL OCEAN; OCEAN BASIN; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RED BED; WARMING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79955027615     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.06.025     Document Type: Article

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