Drilling disturbance and constraints on the onset of the Paleocene-Eocene boundary carbon isotope excursion in New Jersey

Climate of the Past

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 95-104

  Pearson, P N ^a   Thomas, E ^b,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DRILLING; FORAMINIFERA; HYPSITHERMAL; OUTCROP; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE;

MARLBORO; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

FORAMINIFERA; MYA;

EID: 84921386095     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-11-95-2015     Document Type: Article

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