"OAE 3" - Regional Atlantic organic carbon burial during the Coniacian-Santonian

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1447-1455

  Wagreich, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CONIACIAN; INLAND SEA; ORGANIC CARBON; SANTONIAN; SEDIMENTATION; SHALE; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING;

EID: 84879882571     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-1447-2012     Document Type: Article

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