Acid trauma at the cretaceous-tertiary boundary in eastern Montana

GSA Today

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages

  Retallack, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID TRAUMA; BASE CATION LEACHING; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY;

USA, MONTANA;

EID: 0030462660     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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