Isotopic and palynological evidence for a new Early Jurassic environmental perturbation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 374, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-27

  Riding, James B ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^a,b   Kender, Sev ^a   Hesselbo, Stephen P ^c   Feist Burkhardt, Susanne ^d  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d SFB Geological Consulting and Services   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central England; Early Jurassic (Late Sinemurian); Environmental change; Palynomorphs; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON ISOTOPE; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PALEOGENE; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; PERTURBATION; POLLEN; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RESOLUTION; SINEMURIAN; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

APECTODINIUM; CLASSOPOLLIS; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84875073835     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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