Paleoclimatic applications and modern process studies of pedogenic siderite

SEPM Special Publications

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-87

  Ludvigson, Greg A ^a   González, Luis A ^b   Fowle, David A ^b   Roberts, Jennifer A ^b   Driese, Steven G ^c   Villarreal, Mark A ^a   Smith, Jon J ^a   Suarez, Marina B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Cretaceous; Holocene; Oxygen isotopes; Paleosols; Siderite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927914498     PISSN: 1060071X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2110/sepmsp.104.01     Document Type: Article

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