High latitude meteoric δ18O compositions: Paleosol siderite in the Middle Cretaceous Nanushuk Formation, North Slope, Alaska

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 463-473

  Ufnar, David F ^a   Ludvigson, Greg A ^b,c   González, Luis A ^d   Brenner, Robert L ^c   Witzke, Brian J ^b  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b Geological Survey Bureau   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Cretaceous; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoclimatology; Paleosols; Siderite

Indexed keywords

PALEOPRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION;

CLAY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROTECTIVE COATINGS; WATER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CRETACEOUS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METEORIC WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SIDERITE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842428519     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25289.1     Document Type: Article

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