The correlation between 18O/16O ratios of meteoric water and surface temperature: Its use in investigating terrestrial climate change over geologic time

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-196

  Fricke, Henry C ^a   O'Neil, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Isotope ratios; Meteoric water; O 18 O 16; Paleoclimatology; Paleotemperature; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; METEORIC WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033565204     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00105-3     Document Type: Article

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