Distinguishing base-level change and climate signals in a Cretaceous alluvial sequence

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-16

  White, T ^a   Witzke, B ^b   Ludvigson, G ^b   Brenner, R ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa Geological Survey   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Dakota Formation; Oxygen isotopes; Paleosols; Sphaerosiderite

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON-MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGIC CYCLE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SPHAEROSIDERITES;

ELECTRONS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; MOISTURE; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SOIL MECHANICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BASEFLOW; CRETACEOUS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOSOL; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SIDERITE;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12844266151     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20995.1     Document Type: Article

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