Rapid changes in the redox conditions of the western Tethys Ocean during the early Aptian oceanic anoxic event

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 467-486

  Westermann, Stéphane ^a,b   Stein, Melody ^c   Matera, Virginie ^d   Fiet, Nicolas ^e   Fleitmann, Dominik ^f,g   Adatte, Thierry ^b   Föllmi, Karl B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^e AREVA NP   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; APTIAN; CARBON CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGENATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; REDOX CONDITIONS; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER COLUMN;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CASSIS; FRANCE; ITALY; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN; VOCONTIAN TROUGH;

EID: 84883856535     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.07.023     Document Type: Article

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