New approaches for quantifying the Cretaceous terrestrial climate record

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 225-233

  Price, G D ^a   Grimes, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CRETACEOUS; FLORA; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PHOSPHATE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

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EID: 38349188858     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/tms002.11     Document Type: Review

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