Water column structure during deposition of Middle Devonian-Lower Mississippian black and green/gray shales of the Illinois and Michigan Basins: A biomarker approach

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 59-85

  Brown, Todd C ^a   Kenig, Fabien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shales; Devonian; Euxinia; Illinois Basin; Isorenieratene; Michigan Basin

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BLACK SHALE; DEPOSITION; DEVONIAN; EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; MISSISSIPPIAN; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ILLINOIS BASIN; MICHIGAN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIACEAE; ENTOVALVA;

EID: 8444226841     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(04)00452-3     Document Type: Article

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