Heterogeneous oxygenation states in the Atlantic and Tethys oceans during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 404, Issue , 2014, Pages 178-189

  Westermann, Stéphane ^a,b   Vance, Derek ^a   Cameron, Vyllinniskii ^b   Archer, Corey ^a   Robinson, Stuart A ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Molybdenum isotopes; North Atlantic; OAE 2; Redox conditions; Western Tethys

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPES; OXYGENATION; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER LEVELS;

MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES; NORTH ATLANTIC; OAE-2; REDOX CONDITION; WESTERN TETHYS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BLACK SHALE; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; HETEROGENEITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOLYBDENUM; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84906278752     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.07.018     Document Type: Article

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