Late Barremian-Early Aptian palaeoenvironmental change: The Cassis-La Bédoule section, southeast France

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 209-222

  Stein, Melody ^a   Westermann, Stéphane ^b   Adatte, Thierry ^a   Matera, Virginie ^c   Fleitmann, Dominik ^d   Spangenberg, Jorge E ^a   Föllmi, Karl B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aptian; Barremian; Cassis La B doule; Clay mineralogy; OAE 1a; Phosphorus; Redox sensitive trace elements; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; BARREMIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLAY MINERAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; REDOX CONDITIONS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATOTYPE; TRANSGRESSION;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CASSIS; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; ROQUEFORT LA BEDOULE;

BIVALVIA; BRACHIOPODA; DESHAYESITES; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84861852884     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.021     Document Type: Article

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