Geochemical events documented in inorganic carbon isotopes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 173-182

  Holser, W T ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Carbon rocks; Correlation; Diagenesis; Secular variation; Sedimentary rocks

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC STRATIGRAPHY; PHANEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 0030804118     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00070-9     Document Type: Article

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