Isotopic signals from Callovian-Kimmeridgian (Middle-Upper Jurassic) belemnites and bulk organic carbon, Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 633-641

  Nunn, Elizabeth V ^a,b   Price, Gregory D ^a   Hart, Malcolm B ^a   Page, Kevin N ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELEMNITE; CALLOVIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KIMMERIDGIAN; MARINE RECORD; ORGANIC CARBON; OXFORDIAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HEBRIDES; HIGHLAND; INNER HEBRIDES; SCOTLAND; SKYE; STAFFIN BAY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMONOIDEA; BELEMNOIDEA;

EID: 69949133041     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-067     Document Type: Article

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