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Research article
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06 Aug 2014
Research article |
| 06 Aug 2014
Record of Early Toarcian carbon cycle perturbations in a nearshore environment: the Bascharage section (easternmost Paris Basin)
M. Hermoso
University of Oxford – Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3AN, UK
Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle – Centre de Recherche Scientifique, 25 Rue Münster, 2160 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
D. Delsate
Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle – Centre de Recherche Scientifique, 25 Rue Münster, 2160 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
F. Baudin
UPMC Université Paris 06 – UMR7193 ISTeP, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
CNRS – UMR7193 ISTeP, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
L. Le Callonnec
UPMC Université Paris 06 – UMR7193 ISTeP, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
CNRS – UMR7193 ISTeP, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
F. Minoletti
UPMC Université Paris 06 – UMR7193 ISTeP, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
CNRS – UMR7193 ISTeP, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
M. Renard
UPMC Université Paris 06 – UMR7193 ISTeP, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
CNRS – UMR7193 ISTeP, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
A. Faber
Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle – Centre de Recherche Scientifique, 25 Rue Münster, 2160 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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