87Sr/86Sr and Sr/Ca Investigation of Jurassic mollusks from Scotland: Implications for paleosalinities and the Sr/Ca ratio of seawater

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1249-1264

  Holmden, Chris ^a   Hudson, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

87Sr 86Sr; Jurassic; Molluska; Paleoclimate; Paleoenvironment; Sr Ca

Indexed keywords

FOSSILS; LAGOONS; TAXON;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; DRAINAGE; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEAWATER; STRONTIUM;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; JURASSIC; MOLLUSC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSALINITY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0242709292     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25204.1     Document Type: Article

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