Sea level and astronomically induced environmental changes in middle and late eocene sediments from the east tasman plateau

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 151, Issue , 2004, Pages 127-151

  Röhl, Ursula ^a   Brinkhuis, Henk ^b   Stickley, Catherine E ^c,d   Fuller, Mike ^e   Schellenberg, Stephen A ^f   Wefer, Gerold ^a   Williams, Graham L ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 85040525598     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/151GM09     Document Type: Chapter

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