Milankovitch climate forcing in the tropics of Pangaea during the Late Triassic

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 1-26

  Olsen, Paul E ^a   Kent, Dennis V ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; LAKE DEPOSIT; MILANKANKOVITCH FORCING; PANGAEA; RIFT BASIN; TRIASSIC;

USA, NEWARK BASIN;

EID: 0029731293     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(95)00171-9     Document Type: Article

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