Mercury as a proxy for volcanic activity during extreme environmental turnover: The Cretaceous-Paleogene transition

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 387, Issue , 2013, Pages 153-164

  Sial, A N ^a   Lacerda, L D ^b   Ferreira, V P ^a   Frei, R ^c   Marquillas, R A ^d   Barbosa, J A ^a   Gaucher, C ^e   Windmoller C C ^f   Pereira, N S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope stratigraphy; Cretaceous Paleogene transition; Mercury; Thermo desorption; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DANIAN; DESORPTION; EXTREME EVENT; MAASTRICHTIAN; MASS EXTINCTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM; WEATHERING;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; DENMARK; PARAIBA; SALTA [ARGENTINA]; SJAELLAND; STEVNS KLINT;

EID: 84882771790     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.07.019     Document Type: Article

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