Stable isotope-based paleoaltimetry: Theory and validation

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue , 2007, Pages 23-52

  Rowley, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 35848964820     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2007.66.2     Document Type: Review

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