Stable isotope and minor element proxies for Eocene climate of Seymour Island, Antarctica

Paleoceanography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 6-1-6-13

  Dutton, Andrea L ^a   Lohmann, Kyger C ^a   Zinsmeister, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Cucullaea; Oxygen isotope; Paleotemperature; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEASONALITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; SEYMOUR ISLAND;

BIVALVIA; CUCULLAEA;

EID: 0036626327     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000pa000593     Document Type: Article

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