Correlation of Grassy Lake and Cedar Lake ambers using infrared spectroscopy, stable isotopes, and palaeoentomology

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1061-1082

  McKellar, Ryan C ^a   Wolfe, Alexander P ^a   Tappert, Ralf ^b   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ALBERTA; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; IN-SITU; LAKE DEPOSITS; LATE CRETACEOUS; LONG DISTANCES; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; STABLE ISOTOPES;

AMBER;

AMBER; ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRETACEOUS; ENTOMOLOGY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PALEONTOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; CEDAR LAKE; GRASSY LAKE; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 55549143316     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-049     Document Type: Article

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