Lead isotopic record of Barremian-Aptian marine sediments: Implications for large igneous provinces and the Aptian climatic crisis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 126-134

  Kuroda, Junichiro ^a,b   Tanimizu, Masaharu ^a   Hori, Rie S ^c   Suzuki, Katsuhiko ^a   Ogawa, Nanako O ^a   Tejada, Maria L G ^a,d   Coffin, Millard F ^e   Coccioni, Rodolfo ^f   Erba, Elisabetta ^g   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Large Igneous Province; Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE) 1a; Pb isotope

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALES; CARBON RICH; CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR; EARLY CRETACEOUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; ERUPTIVE HISTORY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC DATA; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; ISOTOPIC RECORD; ISOTOPIC SHIFT; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; MARINE SEDIMENTS; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT (OAE)-1A; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENTS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PB ISOTOPES; SEDIMENT PROVENANCE; SUPPLY RATE; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FORESTRY; LEAD; ORGANIC CARBON; OSMIUM; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ISOTOPES;

APTIAN; BARREMIAN; BLACK SHALE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRETACEOUS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCLIMATE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; VOLCANISM;

ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHATSKY RISE;

EID: 79957944990     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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