High-resolution chemostratigraphy of the late Aptian-early Albian oceanic anoxic event (OAE 1b) from the Poggio le Guaine section (Umbria-Marche Basin, central Italy)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 426, Issue , 2015, Pages 319-333

  Sabatino, Nadia ^a   Coccioni, Rodolfo ^b   Salvagio Manta, Daniela ^a   Baudin, François ^c   Vallefuoco, Mattia ^a   Traina, Anna ^a   Sprovieri, Mario ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aptian Albian OAE1b; Carbon isotope stratigraphy; Elemental geochemistry; Kilian level; Organic matter geochemistry; Urbino Paquier level

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; APTIAN; BIOMASS; BLACK SHALE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; RESOLUTION; RUNOFF; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE METAL; VENTILATION;

FRANCE; ITALY; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN; VOCONTIAN TROUGH;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 84925723229     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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