Mochras borehole revisited: A new global standard for Early Jurassic earth history

Scientific Drilling

Volumn , Issue 16, 2013, Pages 81-91

  Hesselbo, S P ^a   Bjerrum, C J ^b   Hinnov, L A ^c   MacNiocaill, C ^d   Miller, K G ^e   Riding, J B ^f   Van De Schootbrugge, B ^g   Abels, H ^h   Belcher, C ^h   Blau, J ^h   Browning, J ^h   Cartwright, J ^h   Condon, D ^h   Daines, S ^h   Damborenea, S ^h   Dickson, A ^h   Fraguas, A ^h   Hilgen, F ^h   Hooker, J ^h   Huang, C ^h   Huesing, S ^h   Jenkyns, H ^h   Korte, C ^h   Krijgsman, W ^h   Lenton, T ^h   Little, C ^h   Mancenido M ^h   Mattioli, E ^h   Meister, C ^h   Morgan, R ^h   Newton, R ^h   Palfy J ^h   Pienkowski, G ^h   Poulton, S ^h   Riccardi, A ^h   Robinson, A ^h   Ruhl, M ^h   Suan, G ^h   Smith, N ^h   Thibault, N ^h   Ullmann, C ^h   Wignall, P ^h   Williford, K ^h   Wonik, T ^h   Xu, W ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h NONE

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EID: 84891821372     PISSN: 18168957     EISSN: 18163459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/sd-16-81-2013     Document Type: Article

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