An extraterrestrial 3He-based timescale for the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) from Walvis Ridge, IODP Site 1266

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5098-5108

  Murphy, B H ^a   Farley, K A ^b   Zachos, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HELIUM ISOTOPE; HYPSITHERMAL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTATION; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); WALVIS RIDGE;

EID: 77955091155     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.03.039     Document Type: Article

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