Cretaceous oceanic red beds (CORBs): Different time scales and models of origin

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 217-248

  Hu, Xiumian ^a   Scott, Robert W ^b   Cai, Yuanfeng ^a   Wang, Chengshan ^c   Melinte Dobrinescu, Mihaela C ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^c China University of Geosciences   (China)

^d National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo ecology   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cretaceous oceanic red beds (CORBs); Oceanic anoxic event (OAE); Palaeoceanography; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LIMESTONE; MINERALOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; XIZANG;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84869134236     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.09.007     Document Type: Review

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