Paleovegetation and paleoatmospheric P(CO2) levels during the Early Cretaceous: Examples from the Hasandong Formation, Korea, and the Shimonoseki Subgroup, Japan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 807-812

  Lee, Yong Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Cretaceous; Hasandong Formation; Pedogenic carbonates; Shimonoseki Subgroup

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE ROCK; CRETACEOUS; PALEOATMOSPHERE; VEGETATION;

JAPAN; KOREA;

EID: 0142096093     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(02)00070-6     Document Type: Article

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