Improved time control on Cretaceous coastal deposits: New results from Sr isotope measurements using laser ablation

Terra Nova

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 401-409

  Burla, Stefan ^a   Oberli, Felix ^b   Heimhofer, Ulrich ^c   Wiechert, Uwe ^d   Weissert, Helmut ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALBIAN; APTIAN; BARREMIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; SEAWATER; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WEATHERING RATE;

ALGARVE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LUSITANIAN BASIN; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 70350092539     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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