Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes of pedogenic carbonates, Ajo Mountains, southern Arizona: Implications for paleoenvironmental change

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 233-246

  Liu, Belling ^a   Phillips, Fred M ^a   Campbell, Andrew R ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE;

CARBON-13; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN-18; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PEDOGENIC CARBONATE; SOIL WATER;

USA, ARIZONA, AJO MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030432518     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(95)00093-3     Document Type: Article

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