Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) stable isotopes (δ18O, δ13C) and Mg/Ca ratios: New palaeoclimate data from Helmsdale, Northeast Scotland

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 325-335

  Nunn, Elizabeth V ^a,b   Price, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Belemnites; Chemostratigraphy; Jurassic; Oxygen and carbon stable isotopes; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; CEPHALOPOD; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; COOLING; JURASSIC; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BELEMNOIDEA; CYMODOCE;

EID: 78449240722     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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