Fibrous calcite from the Ordovician of Tennessee: Preservation of marine oxygen isotopic composition and its implications

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-251

  Tobin, Kenneth J ^a   Walker, Kenneth R ^a   Steinhauff, D Mark ^b   Mora, Claudia I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORDOVICIAN; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

USA, TENNESSEE;

EID: 0029769799     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1996.d01-2.x     Document Type: Article

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