Upward increase of kerogen δ13C in the Peru Margin Upper Oligocene: Possible implications for the Cenozoic evolution of atmospheric CO2

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 33-42

  Veto, István ^a   Hertelendi, Ede ^b   Sajgó, Csanád ^b   Brukner Wein, Alice ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

34S; Atmospheric CO2; Bacterial degradation; Kerogen 13C; Oligocene

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CENOZOIC; KEROGEN; OLIGOCENE; PALEOATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0032924234     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00108-4     Document Type: Article

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