Strontium isotope profile of the early Toarcian (Jurassic) oceanic anoxic event, the duration of ammonite biozones, and belemnite palaeotemperatures

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 269-285

  McArthur, J M ^a   Donovan, D T ^a   Thirlwall, M F ^b   Fouke, B W ^c   Mattey, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Biozones; Geochronology; Isotope ratios; Strontium

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOZONATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; PALEOTEMPERATURE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TOARCIAN;

EID: 0033909779     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00111-4     Document Type: Article

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