Environmental memory and a possible seasonal bias in the stable isotope composition of (U-Th)/He-dated goethite from the Canadian Arctic

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 4194-4215

  Yapp, Crayton J ^a   Shuster, David L ^b,c  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EOCENE; GOETHITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIOCENE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLIOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79959761299     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.04.029     Document Type: Article

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