Late jurassic palaeoclimatic change from clay mineralogy and gamma-ray spectrometry of the Kimmeridge Clay, Dorset, UK

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1123-1133

  Hesselbo, Stephen P ^a   Jean François, Deconinck ^b   Huggett, Jennifer M ^c   Morgans Bell, Helen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLAY MINERAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; ILLITE; JURASSIC; KAOLINITE; KIMMERIDGIAN; MINERALOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SMECTITE; TITHONIAN;

DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350604079     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-070     Document Type: Article

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