Early Aptian paleoenvironmental evolution of the Bab Basin at the southern Neo-Tethys margin: Response to global carbon-cycle perturbations across Ocean Anoxic Event 1a

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1104-1130

  Yamamoto, Kazuyuki ^a,b   Ishibashi, Masatoshi ^c   Takayanagi, Hideko ^d   Asahara, Yoshihiro ^d   Sato, Tokiyuki ^e   Nishi, Hiroshi ^a   Iryu, Yasufumi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INPEX CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Abu Dhabi Oil Company Ltd ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aptian; carbon isotope stratigraphy; carbonate; Neo Tethys; Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a; strontium isotope stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPES; NUTRIENTS; SEAWATER; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM;

APTIAN; DEGREE OF MIXING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; NEO-TETHYS; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

CARBON;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; APTIAN; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CARBONATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERTURBATION; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TETHYS;

ORBITOLINIDAE;

EID: 84878417994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20083     Document Type: Article

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