Ordovician oxygen isotopes and paleotemperatures

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 269-290

  Tobin, K J ^a   Walker, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotopes; Ordovician; Paleoceanography; Paleotemperature

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORDOVICIAN; OXYGEN; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030620969     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00109-5     Document Type: Article

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