13C/12C ratio double cyclicity in a Miocene browncoal: Isotopic signals and orbital forcing

Terra Nova

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-23

  Jones, Timothy P ^a,c   Fortier, Steven M ^a   Mosbrugger, Volker ^a   Roessler, Jochen ^a   Utescher, Thorsen ^b   Ashraf, Abdul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CYCLICITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIGNITE; MIOCENE; ORBITAL FORCING;

GERMANY, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, RUHR VALLEY;

EID: 0030755970     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1997.d01-1.x     Document Type: Article

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