Assessing paleotemperature and seasonality during the early Eocene climatic optimum (EECO) in the Belgian Basin by means of fish otolith Stable O and C isotopes

Geologica Belgica

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 143-158

  Vanhove, Daan ^a,b   Ssen, Peter Sta ^a   Speijer, Robert P ^a   Steurbaut, Etienne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Early Eocene; EECO; North Sea Basin; Otolith; Paleoclimate; Shallow marine; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957507823     PISSN: 13748505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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