Carbon and oxygen isotope evidence for high-frequency (104-105 yr) and My-scale glacio-eustasy in Middle Pennsylvanian cyclic carbonates (Gray Mesa Formation), central New Mexico

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 285, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 307-320

  Elrick, Maya ^a   Scott, Lea Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon and oxygen isotopes; Conodonts; Glacio eustasy; Icehouse climates; Pennsylvanian

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONODONT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GLACIOEUSTACY; LIMESTONE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PENNSYLVANIAN; PLEISTOCENE; REGOLITH; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72749093280     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.11.023     Document Type: Article

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