Paleoceanographic reconstruction of the late Cretaceous oil shale of the Negev, Israel: Integration of geochemical, and stable isotope records of the organic matter

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 319-320, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-57

  Schneider Mor, Aya ^a   Alsenz, Heiko ^b   Ashckenazi Polivoda, Sarit ^c   Illner, Peter ^d   Abramovich, Sigal ^c   Feinstein, Shimon ^c   Almogi Labin, Ahuva ^e   Berner, Zsolt ^d   Püttmann, Wilhelm ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

13C org; 15N org; C N ratio; Late Cretaceous upwelling system; Negev Oil Shale Israel; Pr Ph ratios; TOC; TON

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BENTHOS; CARBON ISOTOPE; COEXISTENCE; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARL; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OIL SHALE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; RECONSTRUCTION; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TETHYS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

ISRAEL; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84857034990     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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