The Sparnacian deposits of the Paris Basin: δ13C isotope stratigraphy

Stratigraphy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-138

  Thiry, Médard ^a,b   Aubry, Marie Pierre ^c,e   Dupuis, Christian ^d   Sinha, Ashish ^f   Stott, Lowell D ^f   Berggren, William A ^c,e  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; CARBON ISOTOPE; EOCENE; FACIES ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; NANOPLANKTON; PALEOCENE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LONDON BASIN; PARIS BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846486986     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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