Predominance of stratified anoxic Yangtze Sea interrupted by short-term oxygenation during the Ordo-Silurian transition

Chemical Geology

Volumn 291, Issue , 2012, Pages 69-78

  Yan, Detian ^a,b   Chen, Daizhao ^b   Wang, Qingchen ^b   Wang, Jianguo ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Mass extinctions; Oceanic anoxia; Ordovician Silurian transition; Organic accumulation; Yangtze Sea

Indexed keywords

MASS EXTINCTION; OCEANIC ANOXIA; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN TRANSITION; ORGANIC ACCUMULATION; YANGTZE SEA;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OXYGENATION; OXYGENATORS; SEA LEVEL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EUSTACY; GLACIATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; OXYGENATION; PALEOCLIMATE; REDOX CONDITIONS;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84855444141     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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