Thermal evolution of Cretaceous Tethyan marine waters inferred from oxygen isotope composition of fish tooth enamels

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Pucéat, Emmanuelle ^a   Lécuyer, Christophe ^a,b   Sheppard, Simon M F ^c   Dromart, Gilles ^a   Reboulet, Stéphane ^a   Grandjean, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Climate; Cretaceous; Fish teeth; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FISH; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ALBIA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0142122134     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002pa000823     Document Type: Article

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