Carbon and oxygen isotope records from paleosols spanning the Paleocene-Eocene boundary, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 369, Issue , 2003, Pages 49-64

  Koch, Paul L ^a   Clyde, William C ^b   Hepple, Robert P ^c   Fogel, Marilyn L ^d   Wing, Scott L ^e   Zachos, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c Carnegie Institute of Washington ^*  (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS;

ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPES; DIAGENETIC ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; MARINE SURFACES; METEORIC WATERS; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARIES;

CARBONATION;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEORIC WATER; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOSOL; PERTURBATION; SURFACE WATER;

BIGHORN BASIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84871400669     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2369-8.49     Document Type: Article

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