Early Cretaceous life, climate and anoxia

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 230-257

  Follmi K B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anoxic episodes; Carbonate platforms; Early Cretaceous; Evolution; Palaeoceanography; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BASIN; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PANGAEA; RIFT ZONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 84857355991     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.12.005     Document Type: Review

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