Isotopic and chemical intra-shell variations in low-Mg calcite of rudist bivalves (Mollusca-Hippuritacea): Disequilibrium fractionations and late Cretaceous seasonality

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 551-570

  Steuber, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Palaeotemperatures; Rudist bivalves; Sclerochronology; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SEASONALITY;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 0033403060     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050284     Document Type: Article

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