Relative sea-level change and carbon isotopes: Data from the Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) of central and Southern Europe

Terra Nova

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-85

  Jenkyns, Hugh C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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CARBON ISOTOPE; JURASSIC; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0029752386     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1996.tb00727.x     Document Type: Article

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