Millennial-scale climate origins for stratification in Cambrian and Devonian deep-water rhythmites, western USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 353-372

  Elrick, Maya ^a   Hinnov, Linda A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTOVALVA; LAMIINAE;

CAMBRIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP SEA DEPOSIT; DEVONIAN; PALAEOCLIMATE; RHYTHMITE; SEDIMENTATION;

USA, NEVADA; USA, UTAH;

EID: 0030176870     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(95)00106-9     Document Type: Article

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