Examination of an Oligocene lacustrine ecosystem using C and N stable isotopes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 230, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 335-351

  Schweizer, Maia K ^a,c   Wooller, Matthew J ^b   Toporski, Jan ^a   Fogel, Marilyn L ^a   Steele, Andrew ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Enspel; Europe; Fossil; Fossillagerst tte; Germany; Nitrogen; Trophic reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WESTERWALD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PELOBATES;

EID: 30944457715     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.06.038     Document Type: Article

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