Bulk organic δ13 C and C/N ratios as palaeosalinity indicators within a Scottish isolation basin

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-312

  Mackie, Elizabeth A V ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^b,c   Lloyd, Jeremy M ^a   Arrowsmith, Carol ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; C N ratios; Isolation basins; Relative sea level change; Scotland

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; HOLOCENE; PALEOSALINITY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 19844380813     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.919     Document Type: Article

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