Impact of the evolution of carbonate ballasts on marine biogeochemistry in the mesozoic and associated changes in energy delivery to subsurface waters

Paleontological Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-99

  Kashiyama, Yuichiro ^a,c   Ozaki, Kazumi ^b   Tajika, Eiichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anoxia; ballast hypothesis; biogeochemical models; euxinia; Mesozoic marine revolution

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANOXIA; BALLAST WATER; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBONATE ROCK; ENERGY FLUX; EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; EXOSKELETON; FOSSIL RECORD; MASS EXTINCTION; MESOZOIC; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

ALGAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 80051722710     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2517/1342-8144-15.2.089     Document Type: Article

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