Stable isotope paleoaltimetry in organic belts - The silicate record in surface and crustal geological archives

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue , 2007, Pages 89-118

  Mulch, Andreas ^a,b,c   Chamberlain, C Page ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

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EID: 35848966151     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2007.66.4     Document Type: Article

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