Variations of stable isotopes with depth in regolith calcite cements in the Broken Hill region, Australia: Palaeoclimate evolution signal?

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 355-358

  Schmid, S ^a   Worden, R H ^b   Fisher, Q J ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Broken Hill; Carbon oxygen isotopes; Climate

Indexed keywords

CARBON-OXYGEN ISOTOPES; CLIMATIC EVOLUTION; REGOLITH CALCITE CEMENTS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALCITE; CARBON; CEMENTS; OXYGEN; ROCKS; STRESSES;

ISOTOPES;

CALCITE; CALCRETE; CARBON ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BROKEN HILL; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33645904829     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2005.11.063     Document Type: Article

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