Stable carbon-isotope stratigraphy and ammonite biochronology at Madotz, Navarra, northern Spain: Implications for the timing and duration of oxygen depletion during OAE-1a

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-157

  Gaona Narvaez, Tatiana ^a   Maurrasse, Florentin J M R ^a   Moreno Bedmar, Josep A ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Anoxic events; Aptian; Hypoxia; OAE 1a; Orbitolinid beds

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; APTIAN; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLAYSTONE; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

NAVARRA; SPAIN;

AMMONOIDEA; DESHAYESITES; FORAMINIFERA; ORBITOLINIDAE;

EID: 84870342054     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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