Water mass characteristics in the Cenomanian US Western Interior seaway as indicated by stable isotopes of calcareous organisms

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 188, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 189-213

  Fisher, Cynthia G ^a   Arthur, Michael A ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenomanian; Foraminifera; Paleoceanography; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS ALGA; CENOMANIAN; FORAMINIFERA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER MASS;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY; WYOMING;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0037027983     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00552-7     Document Type: Article

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