Clumped-isotope-derived climate trends leading up to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction in northwestern Europe

O'Hora, Heidi E.; Petersen, Sierra V.; Vellekoop, Johan; Jones, Matthew M.; Scholz, Serena R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1963-2022

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01 Sep 2022

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Clumped-isotope-derived climate trends leading up to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction in northwestern Europe

Heidi E. O'Hora, Sierra V. Petersen, Johan Vellekoop, Matthew M. Jones, and Serena R. Scholz

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