The stable isotope record of environmental and climatic signals in modern terrestrial microbial carbonates from Europe

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 171-189

  Andrews, Julian E ^a   Riding, Robert ^b   Dennis, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

freshwater environments; microbial carbonate; palaeoclimate; stable isotopes; terrestrial environments

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; MICROBIAL CARBONATE; PALAEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0030620932     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00120-4     Document Type: Article

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