Rudists and carbonate platforms in the Aptian: A case study on biotic interactions with ocean chemistry and climate

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-117

  Skelton, Peter W ^a   Gili, Eulàlia ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aptian; Carbonate platforms; Climate change; OAE 1a; Ocean acidification; Rudists

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; ATMOSPHERIC CO; ATMOSPHERIC LEVELS; BIOTIC INTERACTIONS; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; GREENHOUSE WARMING; HIGHER LATITUDES; LOW LATITUDES; OAE 1A; OCEAN CHEMISTRY; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT; ORGANIC CARBON BURIAL; OUTER SHELLS; RUDISTS; SUBSEQUENT COOLING;

ACIDIFICATION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ORGANIC CARBON; SEAWATER; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; WATER LEVELS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ACIDIFICATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; APTIAN; ARAGONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIVALVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CLIMATE VARIATION; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLATITUDE; PERTURBATION; SEAMOUNT; TETHYS;

CAPRINIDAE;

EID: 84155172510     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01292.x     Document Type: Article

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