High-resolution early Mesozoic Pangean climatic transect in lacustrine environments

• Main Authors: Olsen, Paul E., Kent, Dennis V.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Columbia University 2000
• Subjects: Geology; Paleoclimatology; Kap; Fleming Fjord; Kap Stewart; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8bc47xf; https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8BC47XF

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