Paleontology and stratigraphy of upper Coniacian-middle Santonian ammonite zones and application to erosion surfaces and marine transgressive strata in Montana and Alberta

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 429-449

  Cobban, W A ^a   Dyman, T S ^a   Porter, K W ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology   (United States)

Author keywords

Coniacian; Cretaceous; MacGowan Concretionary Bed; Santonian; Unconformities; Western Interior

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; SANTONIAN;

ALBERTA; CANADA; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMMONITES (GENUS); AMMONOIDEA; BIVALVIA; CONIACIAN; INOCERAMIDAE;

EID: 21844469729     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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