Evaluation of the application of rare-earth elements to paleoceanography

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 309-323

  Holser, William T ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; RARE EARTHS; REE;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 0030799242     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00069-2     Document Type: Article

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