Response of meteoric δ 18O to surface uplift - Implications for Cenozoic Andean Plateau growth

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 317-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 262-272

  Insel, Nadja ^a,d   Poulsen, Christopher J ^a,d   Ehlers, Todd A ^b   Sturm, Christophe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Oxygen stable isotopes; Paleoaltimetry; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ANDES; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBONATE NODULES; CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; CENOZOIC; CENTRAL ANDES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEODYNAMIC MODELS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; ISOTOPOLOG; LAPSE RATE; LATE MIOCENE; METEORIC WATERS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN STABLE ISOTOPES; PALEOALTIMETRY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOELEVATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; OXYGEN;

ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CENOZOIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEODYNAMICS; METEORIC WATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; UPLIFT;

ANDES;

EID: 84455178781     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.039     Document Type: Article

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