Geochemistry of the Frasnian-Famennian boundary in Belgium: Mass extinction, anoxic oceans and microtektite layer, but not much iridium?

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 307, Issue , 1996, Pages 491-504

  Claeys, P ^a,d   Kyte, F T ^b   Herbosch, A ^a,e   Casier, J G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^e FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM; OXYGEN;

ANOXIC EVENTS; CHALCOPHILE ELEMENTS; FOSSIL RECORDS; LATE DEVONIAN; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MASS EXTINCTION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; WESTERN EUROPE;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL RECORD; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRIDIUM; MASS EXTINCTION; OXYGEN; SHELF SEA; TEKTITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

BELGIUM;

EID: 84870803186     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2307-8.491     Document Type: Article

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