Stratigraphic transition and palaeoenvironmental changes from the Aptian oceanic anoxic event 1a (OAE1a) to the oceanic red bed 1 (ORB1) in the Yenicesihlar section, central Turkey

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-51

  Hu, Xiumian ^a   Zhao, Kuidong ^a   Yilmaz, Ismail Omer ^b   Li, Yongxiang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aptian; OAE1a ORB1 transition; Oceanic anoxic event 1a; Oceanic red bed 1; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; APTIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; LIMESTONE; MARL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SEAFLOOR; SHALE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

TURKEY;

EID: 84866157962     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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