Chemical and ecological evolution of the Miocene Ries impact crater lake, Germany: A reinterpretation based on the Enkingen (SUBO 18) drill core

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1125-1145

  Arp, Gernot ^a   Blumenberg, Martin ^a   Hansen, Bent T ^a   Jung, Dietmar ^b   Kolepka, Claudia ^a   Lenz, Olaf ^c   Nolte, Nicole ^a   Poschlod, Klaus ^b   Reimer, Andreas ^a   Thiel, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt Geologischer Dienst ^*  (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBONATES; CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; INTERCALATION; IONS; LIGNITE; ROCKS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SHALE; SILICATES; SOILS; WEATHERING;

CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS; CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS; GYPSUM PRECIPITATION; HYPERSALINE CONDITIONS; HYPOTHETICAL MODELS; JURASSIC SEDIMENTS; SCIENTIFIC DRILLING; SILICATE WEATHERING;

LAKES;

BASEMENT ROCK; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLAYSTONE; CRATER LAKE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; LAKE WATER; LIGNITE; LIPID; MARL; MIOCENE; PALYNOMORPH; SALINITY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CORE; SHALE;

GERMANY;

EID: 84896557372     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30731.1     Document Type: Article

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