Time-specific aspects of facies: State of the art, examples, and possible causes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 367-368, Issue , 2012, Pages 6-18

  Brett, Carlton E ^a   McLaughlin, Patrick I ^b   Histon, Kathleen ^c   Schindler, Eberhard ^d   Ferretti, Annalisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioevents; Black shales; Chronostratigraphy; Condensed beds; Epiboles; Extinction; Layer cake stratigraphy; Redox; Stable isotopes; Time stratigraphic units

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BLACK CARBON; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONDENSATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EXTINCTION; FACIES; GEOLOGICAL TIME; MINERALIZATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; REDOX POTENTIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHALE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 84870390845     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.10.009     Document Type: Review

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