Stable isotopic composition of pedogenic carbonates of the Early Cretaceous Shimonoseki Subgroup, western Honshu, Japan

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 127-138

  Lee, Yong Il ^a   Hisada, Ken Ichiro ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Cretaceous; Pedogenic carbonates; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOATMOSPHERE;

JAPAN;

CRYSTALLARIA; SEPTARIA;

EID: 0033568498     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00069-3     Document Type: Article

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