Carbon and oxygen isotopic variability in Neogene paleosol carbonates: Constraints on the evolution of the C4-grasslands of the Great Plains, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 207, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 305-329

  Fox, David L ^a,b   Koch, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Grasslands; Great Plains; Neogene; Oxygen isotopes; Paleosol carbonate

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; EVOLUTION; GRASSLAND; NEOGENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA; POACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2642553377     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.09.030     Document Type: Article

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