Latest Triassic marine Sr isotopic variations, possible causes and implications

Terra Nova

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-135

  Callegaro, Sara ^a   Rigo, Manuel ^a   Chiaradia, Massimo ^b   Marzoli, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; PERTURBATION; RHAETIAN; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRIASSIC;

EID: 84858006422     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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