Eocene-Oligocene mammalian faunal turnover in the Hampshire Basin, UK: Calibration to the global time scale and the major cooling event

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-172

  Hooker, J J ^a   Collinson, M E ^b   Sille, N P ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Correlation; Diversity; Mammals; Paleogene

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FAUNA; MAMMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; TIMESCALE; TURNOVER;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAMPSHIRE BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642380434     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-091     Document Type: Article

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