Magnetostratigraphy across the Wasatchian/Bridgerian NALMA boundary (early to middle eocene) in the Western Green River Basin, Wyoming

Journal of Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 657-669

  Clyde, William C ^a   Zonneveld, John Paul ^a,b   Stamatakos, John ^a,c   Gunnell, Gregg F ^a   Bartels, William S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EOCENE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; WASATCHIAN/BRIDGERIAN BOUNDARY;

USA, WYOMING, GREEN RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0031429806     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515970     Document Type: Article

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