Isotopic evaluation of ocean circulation in the Late Cretaceous North American seaway

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 852-855

  Coulson, Alan B ^a   Kohn, Matthew J ^b   Barrick, Reese E ^c  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sternberg Museum of Natural History   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY; SEAWATER; TETHYS; TURTLE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR;

CHELONIIDAE; CONIACIAN; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 82455163939     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1312     Document Type: Article

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