Late Jurassic paleoclimate of Central Africa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 311, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 111-125

  Myers, Timothy S ^a   Tabor, Neil J ^a   Jacobs, Louis L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congo Basin; Paleoclimate; Paleosols; Stable isotopes; Stanleyville Group

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLAY MINERAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SOIL MOISTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO BASIN;

EID: 80055118342     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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