Systematic occurrences of malformed (teratological) acritarchs in the run-up of Early Palaeozoic δ13C isotope excursions

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 367-368, Issue , 2012, Pages 137-146

  Munnecke, Axel ^a   Delabroye, Aurélien ^b,c   Servais, Thomas ^c   Vandenbroucke, Thijs R A ^c   Vecoli, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Anticosti; Gotland; Heavy metals; Ordovician; Silurian; Teratology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACRITARCH; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY; TURNOVER;

ACRITARCHA; INVERTEBRATA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84870394064     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.02.029     Document Type: Article

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