Nonmarine extinction across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary, southwestern Utah, with a comparison to the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 560-567

  Eaton, Jeffrey G ^a   Kirkland, James I ^b   Hutchison, J Howard ^c   Denton, Robert ^d   O'Neill, Robert C ^d   Parrish, J Michael ^e  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dinamation International Society   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d New Jersey State Museum   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GEOLOGY; MAMMALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

AQUATIC COMMUNITIES; BRACKISH WATER; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN; FLOOD PLAINS; LATE CRETACEOUS; MARINE WATERS; RIVERINE SYSTEMS; TERRESTRIAL ORGANISMS; TURONIAN;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS;

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; DISPLACEMENT; MAASTRICHTIAN; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; CENOMANIAN/TURONIAN BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

UNITED STATES; UTAH; USA;

EID: 0030819008     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0560:NEATCT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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