A southern hemisphere record of the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event from the Neuquén Basin, Argentina
The Toarcian, Early Jurassic, Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE: ~183 Ma) was characterized by globally synchronous deposition of sediments rich in organic carbon (black shales), and is associated with an abrupt negative carbon isotope excursion, disrupting a positive carbon-isotope excursion during the &...
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2011
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