Stable carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions of recent charophyte oosporangia and water from Malham Tarn, U.K.: Palaeontological implications

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-112

  Jones, Timothy P ^a,d   Fortier, Steven M ^a,e   Pentecost, Allan ^b   Collinson, Margaret E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon; Chara; charophytes; gyrogonites; oxygen; palaeolimnology; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHAROPHYTE; GYROGONITES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIMNOLOGY; OXYGEN;

UK, ENGLAND, NORTH YORKSHIRE, MALHAM TARN;

EID: 0029663101     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02180975     Document Type: Article

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