Palaeoclimatic and chronostratigraphic interpretations from strontium, carbon and oxygen isotopic ratios in molluscan fossils of Quaternary Seoguipo and Shinyangri Formations, Cheju Island, Korea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-235

  Kim, Kyu Han ^a   Tanaka, Tsuyoshi ^b   Nakamura, Toshio ^b   Nagao, Keisuke ^c   Youn, Jeung Su ^d   Kim, Kyung Ryul ^e   Yun, Mi Young ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

14C age; Chronostratigraphy; Mollusc fossil shell; Oxygen isotope; Palaeotemperature; South Korea; Strontium isotope

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

KOREA;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0343745092     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00112-1     Document Type: Article

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