Stable isotope and biotic evolution in the North Sea during the early Eocene: The Albæk Hoved section, Denmark

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 101, Issue , 1996, Pages 275-306

  Schmitz, B ^a   Heilmann Clausen, C ^b   King, C ^c   Steurbaut, E ^d   Andreasson, F P ^a   Corfield, R M ^e   Cartlidge, J E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Roy Belg Inst of Natural Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5244224992     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.101.01.16     Document Type: Article

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