A new sediment core from the Bedoulian (Lower Aptian) stratotype at Roquefort-La Bédoule, SE France

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 6-16

  Lorenzen, Janne ^a   Kuhnt, Wolfgang ^a   Holbourn, Ann ^a   Flögel, Sascha ^b   Moullade, Michel ^c,d   Tronchetti, Guy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice   (France)

Author keywords

Aptian; Bedoulian; La B doule; OAE 1a; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOTURBATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATOTYPE; TETHYS; WARMING;

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

EID: 84868640198     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.019     Document Type: Article

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