Marine high Mg calcite cements in Teredolites-bored fossil wood; evidence for cool paleoclimates in the Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctica

Palaios

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 276-286

  Pirrie, Duncan ^a   Marshall, James D ^b   Crame, J Alistair ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CEMENT; EOCENE; FOSSIL WOOD; PALAEOCLIMATE; TEREDOLITES;

ANTARCTICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MOLLUSCA; TEREDOLITES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031657812     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1043/0883-1351(1998)013<0276:MHMCCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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