Strontium isotopic composition of mid-cretaceous seawater

Science

Volumn 264, Issue 5158, 1994, Pages 546-550

  Ingram, B Lynn ^a   Coccioni, Rodolfo ^b   Montanari, Alessandro ^c   Richter, Frank M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FISH; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM; TEETH;

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EID: 0028184384     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.264.5158.546     Document Type: Article

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