Sequential palynological changes across the composite Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) boundary claystone and contiguous strata, western Canada and Montana, U.S.A.

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 743-768

  Sweet, A R ^a   Braman, D R ^b   Lerbekmo, J F ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLAYSTONE; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; PALYNOLOGY;

CANADA; MONTANA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EID: 0033377889     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e98-061     Document Type: Article

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