Long-term (105) or short-term (103) δ13C excursion near the Palaeocene-Eocene transition: Evidence from the Tethys

Terra Nova

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-355

  Lu, Gangyi ^a   Keller, Gerta ^a   Adatte, Thierry ^b   Ortiz, Nieves ^a   Molina, Eustoquio ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CH 2000   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON-13 EXCURSION; PALAEOCENE/EOCENE BOUNDARY; TETHYS;

EID: 0030499074     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1996.tb00567.x     Document Type: Article

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