A major drop in seawater 87Sr/86Sr during the Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian): Links to volcanism and climate?

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 951-954

  Young, Seth A ^a   Saltzman, Matthew R ^b   Foland, Kenneth A ^b   Linder, Jeff S ^b   Kump, Lee R ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONODONT ZONE; NUMERICAL MODELS; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOTEMPERATURES; RAPID SHIFTS; VOLCANIC OUTGASSING;

DEGASSING; EROSION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; VOLCANOES;

WEATHERING;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONODONT; DEGASSING; GLACIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PHANEROZOIC; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350365515     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30152A.1     Document Type: Article

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