Paleoceanography of the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Western Interior Seaway of North America: Evidence from Sr and O isotopes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-64

  Cochran, J Kirk ^a   Landman, Neil H ^b   Turekian, Karl K ^c   Michard, Annie ^d   Schrag, Daniel P ^e  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CEREGE   (France)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Isotopes; North America; Oxygen; Paleoceanography; Scaphites; Strontium; Western Interior Seaway

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAASTRICHTIAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOSALINITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMMONOIDEA; CANIDAE; CEPHALOPODA; JELETZKYTES; SCAPHITES; SCAPHITIDAE; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0037307762     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00642-9     Document Type: Article

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