Estimates of atmospheric CO 2 levels during the mid-Turonian derived from stable isotope composition of paleosol calcite from Israel

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 416, Issue , 2006, Pages 75-88

  Sandler, Amir ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calcrete; Carbon isotopes; Israel; Oxygen Isotopes; Paleosols; Pedogenic calcite; Turonian

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPES; LIME; LIMESTONE; SOILS;

CALCRETES; CARBON ISOTOPES; ISRAEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEOSOLS; TURONIAN;

CALCITE;

BELEMNITE; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIMESTONE; PALEOSOL; PALYGORSKITE; SANDSTONE; SOIL PROFILE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TURONIAN;

AUSTRIA; ISRAEL; VIENNA;

BELEMNOIDEA;

EID: 34547908911     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2416(05)     Document Type: Article

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