Stepwise climate change recorded in Eocene-Oligocene paleosol sequences from Central Oregon

Journal of Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-172

  Bestland, Erick A ^a,b   Retallack, Gregory J ^a   Swisher III, Carl C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALAEOSOL; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

USA, OREGON;

EID: 0030812977     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515906     Document Type: Article

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