Carbon-isotope analyses of fossil plants as a chemostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental tool

Lethaia

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Gröcke, Darren R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; C N ratios; Carbon isotopes; Chemostrarigraphy; Diagenesis; Early Cretaceous; Fossil plants; Palaeoenvironments; Sedimentology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PLANT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031826677     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1998.tb00482.x     Document Type: Article

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