Stable isotopic studies of dinosaur eggshells from the Nanxiong Basin, South China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 84-92

  Zhao, Zikui ^a   Yan, Zheng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dinosaur eggshell; Isotopic composition; K T boundary; Paleoenvironment

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DINOSAUR; EGGSHELL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; NANXIONG BASIN;

EID: 0034081505     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02877833     Document Type: Article

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