Late Jurassic climate and its impact on carbon cycling

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 27-43

  Weissert, H ^a   Mohr, H ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITHONIA;

CARBON; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; JURASSIC; PALAEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0029769201     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(95)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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