Isotope stratigraphy of the European Carboniferous: Proxy signals for ocean chemistry, climate and tectonics

Chemical Geology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 127-163

  Bruckschen, Peter ^a   Oesmann, Susanne ^a   Veizer, Ján ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

European Carboniferous; Isotope stratigraphy; Ocean chemistry

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEAWATER; TECTONICS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0034053373     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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