Gastropod carbonate δ18O and δ13C values record strong seasonal productivity and stratification shifts during the late Eocene in England

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 871-874

  Purton, Louise ^a   Brasier, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; MOLLUSCS;

BOTTOM LAYERS; BOTTOM WATER; COHERENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LONG-TERM GROWTHS; RAPID GROWTH; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEAWATER CHEMISTRY;

PRODUCTIVITY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; EOCENE; GASTROPOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84874988965     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0871:GCOACV>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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