Intermittent anoxia : reconciliation of a Jurassic black shale with its biofacies

Abstract

Isorenieratane is ubiquitous in the organic, carbon-rich Peterborough Member (Callovian, UK) of the Oxford Clay Formation, indicating a temporal overlap of the euphotic and sulphidic zone in the water column.

Keywords

Green sulfur bacteria, Biofacies, Oxford Clay Formation, Anoxia, Isorenieratane, Peterborough Member

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