Detecting time-averaging and spatial mixing using oxygen isotope variation: A case study

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-21

  Goodwin, David H ^a,c   Flessa, Karl W ^a   Téllez Duarte, Miguel A ^b   Dettman, David L ^a   Schöne, Bernd R ^a,d   Avila Serrano, Guillermo A ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^c DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gulf of California; Mollusks; Oxygen isotopes; Spatial mixing; Taphonomy; Time averaging

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; MOLLUSC; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOSALINITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 1842433545     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.10.020     Document Type: Article

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