Weathering flux and CO2 consumption determined from palaeosol sequences across the Eocene-Oligocene transition

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 301-326

  Bestland, Erick A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Eocene Oligocene; Palaeosol; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EOCENE; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; OLIGOCENE; PALEOSOL; WEATHERING RATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034163311     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00147-9     Document Type: Article

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