The fidelity of oxygen and strontium isotope values from shallow shelf settings: Implications for temperature and age reconstructions

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 342-343, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-39

  Sessa, Jocelyn A ^a   Ivany, Linda C ^a   Schlossnagle, Trevor H ^a,c   Samson, Scott D ^a   Schellenberg, Stephen A ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age reconstruction; Mollusc; Palaeoclimatology; Sclerochronology; Shelf; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE; CHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOFACIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

GULF COASTAL PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84862527980     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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