Intra-annual isotopic variation in Venericardia bivalves: Implications for early Eocene temperature, seasonality, and salinity on the U.S. Gulf Coast

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-19

  Ivany, Linda C ^a   Wilkinson, Bruce H ^b   Lohmann, Kyger C ^b   Johnson, Emily R ^b   McElroy, Brandon J ^b   Cohen, Gregory J ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; MOLLUSCS; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CONDITIONS;

ISOTOPES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EOCENE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOSALINITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2042426309     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/052803740007     Document Type: Article

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