Volcanism, CO2 and palaeoclimate: A Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous carbon and oxygen isotope record

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 695-702

  Weissert, Helmut ^a   Erba, Elisabetta ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Dipto di Sci Terra 'Ardito Desio'   (Italy)

Author keywords

13C; 18O; Carbn cycle; Mesozoic; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRETACEOUS; JURASSIC; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; TETHYS; VOLCANISM;

EID: 3142662812     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-087     Document Type: Article

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