Early to middle Eocene history of the Arctic Ocean from Nd-Sr isotopes in fossil fish debris, Lomonosov Ridge

Paleoceanography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Gleason, J D ^a   Thomas, D J ^b   Moore Jr , T C ^a   Blum, J D ^a   Owen, R M ^a   Haley, B A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FISH; FOSSIL; INTERMEDIATE WATER; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOMONOSOV RIDGE;

EID: 67650896240     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008PA001685     Document Type: Article

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