Pliocene and early Pleistocene environments and climates of the western Snake River Plain, Idaho

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 141-156

  Thompson, R S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

IDAHO; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; USA;

SERPENTES;

EID: 0029756857     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-8398(95)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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