Sulfate oxygen-17 anomaly in an Oligocene ash bed in mid-North America: Was it the dry fogs?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Bao, Huiming ^a   Thiemens, Mark H ^b   Loope, David B ^c   Yuan, Xun Lai ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FOG; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SULFUR; VOLCANOES;

ASH BEDS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ASH; OLIGOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SULFATE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344530869     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL016869     Document Type: Article

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