Construction of the Silurian and Devonian seawater 87Sr/86Sr curve

Chemical Geology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 109-121

  Denison, R E ^a   Koepnick, R B ^b   Burke, W H ^c   Hetherington, E A ^c   Fletcher, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c Box 353B ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Devonian; Isotopes; Seawater; Silurian; Strontium

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SEAWATER; SILURIAN; STRONTIUM;

EID: 0031464916     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00014-4     Document Type: Article

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