Strontium isotope systematics of conodonts: Middle Devonian, Eifel Mountains, Germany

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 79-96

  Ebneth, Stefan ^a   Diener, Andreas ^a   Buhl, Dieter ^a   Veizer, Ján ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conodonts; Devonian; Isotopes; Seawater; Strontium

Indexed keywords

CONODONT; DEVONIAN; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

GERMANY, RHINELAND-PALATINATE, EIFEL;

BRACHIOPODA; ENTOVALVA;

EID: 0030880347     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00057-6     Document Type: Article

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