Paleosol barometer indicates extreme fluctuations in atmospheric CO2 across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 703-706

  Nordt, Lee ^a   Atchley, Stacy ^a   Dworkin, S I ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Carbon isotope ratios; Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Paleosol CO2 barometer; Partial pressure

Indexed keywords

TERRESTRIAL TEMPERATURE;

BAROMETERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; VOLCANOES;

GEOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PARTIAL PRESSURE;

CANADA;

EID: 0036694185     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0703:PBIEFI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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