On the significance of δ13C correlations in ancient sediments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 497-501

  Derry, Louis A ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; Carbon isotopes; Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; CENOZOIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; GRAPHICAL CORRELATION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; NEOPROTEROZOIC; ORGANIC CARBON BURIAL; RANDOMIZED MODELS; REGRESSION PARAMETERS; SAMPLE SIZES; STANDARD MODEL; VARIANCE RATIO;

ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RANDOM VARIABLES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

EID: 77954661193     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.05.035     Document Type: Article

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