Changes in marine productivity and redox conditions during the Late Ordovician Hirnantian glaciation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 420, Issue , 2015, Pages 223-234

  Zhou, Lian ^a   Algeo, Thomas J ^a,b   Shen, Jun ^a   Hu, Zhi Fang ^a   Gong, Hongmei ^a   Xie, Shucheng ^a   Huang, Jun Hua ^a   Gao, Shan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shale; Enrichment factor; Redox sensitive elements; South China; Yangtze platform

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BLACK SHALE; DEBRIS FLOW; EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; GLACIATION; HIRNANTIAN; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; ORGANIC CARBON; REDOX CONDITIONS; TRANSGRESSION;

CHINA;

DICELLOGRAPTUS;

EID: 84921302165     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.12.012     Document Type: Article

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