Paleocene-Eocene climatic variation in western North America: Evidence from the δ18ο of pedogenic hematite

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1405-1415

  Bao, Huiming ^a,b   Koch, Paul L ^c   Rumble III, Douglas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; DEALLOYING; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

CLIMATIC VARIATION; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARIES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

HEMATITE;

CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; EOCENE; HEMATITE; PALEOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033386492     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<1405:PECVIW>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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