Strontium isotope stratigraphy: Potential resolution and event correlation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 65-77

  Veizer, Ján ^a,b   Buhl, Dieter ^a   Diener, Andreas ^a   Ebneth, Stefan ^a   Podlaha, Olaf G ^a   Bruckschen, Peter ^a   Jasper, Torsten ^a   Korte, Christoph ^a   Schaaf, Michael ^a   Ala, Davin ^b   Azmy, Karem ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Isotope stratigraphy; Isotopes; Phanerozoic; Seawater; Strontium

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CORRELATION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PHANEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

BRACHIOPODA; CARBONIFEROUS; ENTOVALVA; FORAMINIFERA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0030863504     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00054-0     Document Type: Article

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