Sequence development influenced by intermittent cooling events in the Cretaceous Aptian greenhouse, Adriatic platform, Croatia

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2215-2244

  Husinec, Antun ^a   Harman, Charles A ^b   Regan, Sean P ^c   Mosher, David A ^d   Sweeney, Rafferty J ^e   Read, J Fred ^f  

^a Si Lawrence University   (United States)

^b Whiting Petroleum Corp   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; GREENHOUSES; ISOTOPES; ROCKS;

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; GREENHOUSE CLIMATES; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENTS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORDS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS;

SEA LEVEL;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; APTIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; COOLING; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSGRESSION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84872475365     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/05161211175     Document Type: Article

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