Carbon-isotope stratigraphy and temperature change during the Early-Middle Jurassic (Toarcian-Aalenian), Raasay, Scotland, UK

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 285, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 255-263

  Price, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belemnites; Jurassic; Palaeoclimate; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BELEMNITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

HEBRIDES; HIGHLAND; INNER HEBRIDES; RAASAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 72749084564     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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