Early Eocene paleosol developed from basalt in southeastern Australia: implications for paleoclimate

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1281-1290

  Zhou, Yu ^a   Retallack, Gregory John ^b   Huang, Chengmin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Basalt; Early Eocene Climate Optimum (EECO); Oxisol; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894480116     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-014-1328-8     Document Type: Article

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