Stable isotope chemostratigraphy in lacustrine strata of the Xiagou Formation, Gansu Province, NW China

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 143-154

  Suarez, Marina B ^a,f   Ludvigson, Gregory A ^b   González, Luis A ^a   Al Suwaidi, Aisha H ^c,d   You, Hai Lu ^e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; APTIAN; BIRD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PRESERVATION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CHINA; GANSU;

AVES;

EID: 84890031533     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP382.1     Document Type: Article

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