Are oxygen and carbon isotopes of mollusc shells reliable palaeosalinity indicators in marginal marine environments? A case study from the Middle Jurassic of England

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 321-333

  Hendry, James P ^a   Kalin, Robert M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathonian; England; Ostreidae; Salinity; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BATHONIAN; BIVALVE; CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; OXYGEN; PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PALAEOSALINITY;

UK, ENGLAND;

EID: 0030807683     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.2.0321     Document Type: Article

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