Tectonic forcings of Maastrichtian ocean-climate evolution

Paleoceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-117

  Frank, Tracy D ^a,b   Arthur, Michael A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAASTRICHTIAN; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

EID: 0032792561     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998PA900017     Document Type: Article

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