Evaluation of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations during the Cretaceous

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 327-328, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-28

  Hong, Sung Kyung ^a   Lee, Yong Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Cretaceous; Gyeongsang Basin; PCO 2; Pedogenic carbonate

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; CRETACEOUS; GYEONGSANG BASIN; PCO 2; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BARREMIAN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLCANISM;

KYONGSANG BASIN; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84862814322     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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