Gradual and sustained carbon dioxide release during Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 135-139

  Naafs, B D A ^a   Castro, J M ^b   De Gea, G A ^b   Quijano, M L ^b   Schmidt, D N ^a   Pancost, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; APTIAN; BLACK SHALE; CALCIFICATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; EMPLACEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOOD BASALT; NANOPLANKTON; OCEAN BASIN; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; OUTCROP; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VOLCANIC GAS;

ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN; SPAIN; TUNISIA;

EID: 84957062018     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2627     Document Type: Article

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