Palaeoclimate of the late jurassic of portugal: Comparison with the western united states

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1695-1717

  Myers, Timothy S ^a   Tabor, Neil J ^a   Jacobs, Louis L ^a   Mateus, Octávio ^b,c  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c Grupo de Etnologia e Arqueologia da Lourinha   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Lourinh formation; Lusitanian Basin; Morrison Formation; Palaeoclimatology; Palaeosols; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

LUSITANIAN BASIN; MORRISON FORMATION; PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY; PALAEOSOLS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MOISTURE; POTASSIUM; SILICATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

VEGETATION;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; JURASSIC; MOISTURE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PHYLLOSILICATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE;

PORTUGAL; UNITED STATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866449982     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01322.x     Document Type: Article

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