Deciphering 'temperature' and 'salinity' from biogenic phosphates: The δ18O of coexisting fishes and mammals of the Middle Miocene sea of western France

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 61-74

  Lecuyer C ^a,e   Grandjean, P ^b   Paris, F ^c   Robardet, M ^c   Robineau, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b Mus National d'Histoire Naturelle ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

climate; fish; geochemistry; Miocene; phosphate; seawater

Indexed keywords

FISH; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; PALAEOSALINITY; PALAEOTEMPERATURE; SEAWATER;

FRANCE;

EID: 0030274253     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00070-3     Document Type: Article

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