Astronomical forcing and chronology of the early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) oceanic anoxic event in Yorkshire, UK

Paleoceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kemp, David B ^a,b   Coe, Angela L ^c   Cohen, Anthony S ^c   Weedon, Graham P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ASTRONOMY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CHRONOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MUDSTONE; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SULFUR; TOARCIAN;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; YORKSHIRE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80455164775     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011PA002122     Document Type: Article

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