Orbital climate forcing of δ13C excursions in the late Paleocene-early Eocene (chrons C24n-C25n)

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Cramer, Benjamin S ^a,b   Wright, James D ^a   Kent, Dennis V ^a,c   Aubry, Marie Pierre ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon isotopes; orbital stratigraphy; Paleocene Eocene boundary

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE FORCING; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENT CORE;

EID: 1642357632     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000909     Document Type: Article

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