Calibration of the clumped isotope geothermometer in soil carbonate in Wyoming and Nebraska, USA: Implications for paleoelevation and paleoclimate reconstruction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 391, Issue , 2014, Pages 110-120

  Hough, Brian G ^a   Fan, Majie ^a   Passey, Benjamin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Rocky Mountains; Clumped isotope thermometry; Paleoaltimetry; Paleoclimate; Pedogenic carbonate; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBONATES; ISOTOPES; PORE PRESSURE; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE;

CLUMPED ISOTOPES; PALEOALTIMETRY; PALEOCLIMATES; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CARBONATION;

CALIBRATION; CARBONATE; GEOTHERMOMETRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCLIMATE; PEDOGENESIS; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

NEBRASKA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84893797663     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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