The destruction of paleoclimatic isotopic signals in Pleistocene carbonate soil nodules of Western Australia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 188, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 249-273

  Budd, David A ^a   Pack, Sean M ^a   Fogel, Marilyn L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

C 13 C 12; Calcification; Diagenesis; Micromorphology; Soil; Stable isotopes; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; DIAGENESIS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SOIL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BELEMNOIDEA;

EID: 0037027984     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00588-6     Document Type: Article

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