Isotopic evidence for geochemical decoupling between ancient epeiric seas and bordering oceans: implications for secular curves

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 567-570

  Holmden, C ^a,c   Creaser, R A ^a   Muehlenbachs, K ^a   Leslie, S A ^b,d   Bergstrom S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIME; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION; GLOBAL SCALE; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE EXCURSION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARINE STRATA; OCEAN SYSTEM; OCEANIC ENVIRONMENTS;

ISOTOPES;

CONODONT; EPEIRIC SEA; GEOCHEMICAL DECOUPLING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAURENTIA;

EID: 84879883935     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0567:IEFGDB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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