Rapid uplift of the Altiplano revealed through 13C- 18O bonds in paleosol carbonates

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5760, 2006, Pages 511-515

  Ghosh, Prosenjit ^a   Garzione, Carmala N ^b   Eiler, John M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN;

PALEOALTIMETRY; PALEOSOL CARBONATES; SOIL WATERS;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

CARBON 13; CARBONIC ACID; OXYGEN 18;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOSOL; UPLIFT;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BOLIVIA; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENTHALPY; GEOLOGY; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ALTIPLANO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 31544482169     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1119365     Document Type: Article

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