Walther's law, climate change, and upper paleozoic cyclostratigraphy in the ancestral rocky mountains

Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section B: Stratigraphy and Global Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1001-1004

  Soreghan, Gerilyn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; DEPOSITION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MIXING;

CLIMATIC CONTROLS; CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; INTERGLACIAL CLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENTS; RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE; UPPER PALEOZOIC STRATA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOZOIC; WALTHER'S LAW;

NORTH AMERICA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031407686     PISSN: 10731318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/d42686ad-2b26-11d7-8648000102c1865d     Document Type: Article

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