Carbon-isotope stratigraphy from terrestrial organic matter through the monterey event, Miocene, New Jersey margin (IODP Expedition 313)

Geosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1303-1318

  Fang, Linhao ^a   Bjerrum, Christian J ^c   Hesselbo, Stephen P ^a,b   Kotthoff, Ulrich ^d   McCarthy, Francine M G ^e   Huang, Baoqi ^f   Ditchfield, Peter W ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MIOCENE; MIXING; ORGANIC MATTER; PALYNOLOGY; PYROLYSIS; SHELF SEDIMENT; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885167117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00851.1     Document Type: Article

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