Triassic Latemar cycle tops - Subaerial exposure of platform carbonates under tropical arid climate

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 265-266, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-29

  Christ, Nicolas ^a   Immenhauser, Adrian ^a   Amour, Frédéric ^b   Mutti, Maria ^b   Preston, Rosalind ^c   Whitaker, Fiona F ^c   Peterhänsel, Arndt ^d   Egenhoff, Sven O ^e   Dunn, Paul A ^f   Agar, Susan M ^f  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LUKOIL Overseas UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon and oxygen stable isotopes; Carbonate platforms; Diagenesis; Latemar; Subaerial exposure; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; DIAGENESIS; LATEMAR; OXYGEN STABLE ISOTOPES; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE; TRIASSIC;

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MANGANESE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ARIDITY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DIAGENESIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PETROGRAPHY; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE; TRIASSIC;

EID: 84861815328     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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