Reconstructing seawater circulation on the Moroccan shelf of Gondwana during the Late Devonian: Evidence from Nd isotope composition of conodonts

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Dopieralska, Jolanta ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Conodonts; Morocco; Nd isotopes; Seawater circulation; Upper Devonian

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949124256     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002247     Document Type: Article

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