Nd isotope evidence for the evolution of the paleocurrents in the Atlantic and Tethys Oceans during the past 180 Ma

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 9-19

  Stille, Peter ^a   Steinmann, Marc ^a   Riggs, Stanley R ^b  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Nd 144 Nd 143; Paleocurrents; Tethys

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; CURRENTS; MESOZOIC; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; NEODYNIUM ISOTOPES; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCURRENT; PHOSPHORITE; TETHYS;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0030441113     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00157-4     Document Type: Article

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