Belemnite-based strontium, carbon and oxygen isotope stratigraphy of the type area of the Maastrichtian stage

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 259-270

  Vonhof, H B ^a   Jagt, J W M ^b   Immenhauser, A ^a   Smit, J ^a   Van Den Berg, Y W ^c   Saner, M ^d   Keutgen, N ^e   Reijmer, J J G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATUURHISTORISCH MUSEUM MAASTRICHT   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e Uniwersytet Techniczno Przyrodniczy Bydgoszcz   (Poland)

Author keywords

Belemnites; Diagenesis; Maastrichtian; Strontium isotope stratigraphy; Type area

Indexed keywords

BELEMNITE; CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIAGENESIS; MAASTRICHTIAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NETHERLANDS;

BELEMNITELLIDAE; BELEMNOIDEA; CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 82055197114     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016774600001141     Document Type: Article

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