A box model of the Late Miocene Mediterranean Sea: Implications from combined 87Sr/86Sr and salinity data

Paleoceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Topper, R P M ^a   Flecker, R ^b   Meijer, P Th ^a   Wortel, M J R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYPSUM; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MIOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER BUDGET;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 80053267256     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010PA002063     Document Type: Article

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