Stable isotopic composition of calcic paleosols of the Early Cretaceous Hasandong Formation, Southeastern Korea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 123-133

  Lee, Yong Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbonate nodule; Cretaceous; Paleosol; Stable isotopes; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOSOL;

KOREA;

EID: 0345086468     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00010-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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