Enhanced coastal paleoproductivity and nutrient supply in Upper Egypt during the Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM): Mineralogical and geochemical evidence

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 365-377

  Soliman, Mamdouh F ^a   Aubry, Marie Pierre ^b   Schmitz, Birger ^c   Sherrell, Robert M ^b  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chalcophile elements; GSSP section; Magnetite; Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM); Paleoproductivity; Titanomagnetite

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COASTAL ZONE; EOCENE; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PALEOCENE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETER; STRATOTYPE; TITANOMAGNETITE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UPWELLING; VOLCANISM;

DABABIYA QUARRY; EGYPT; QENA;

EID: 80053131836     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.07.027     Document Type: Article

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