Palynology and organic-carbon isotope ratios across a terrestrial Palaeocene/Eocene boundary section in the Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 226, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 214-232

  Harrington, Guy J ^a,b   Clechenko, Elizabeth R ^c   Kelly, D Clay ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fort Union Formation; Golden Valley Formation; North Dakota; Organic carbon isotopes; Palaeocene Eocene Thermal Maximum; Palynology

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; EOCENE; PALEOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WILLISTON BASIN; WORLD;

CAMELIDAE; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; FILICOPHYTA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INTRATRIPOROPOLLENITES; JUGLANS; PLATYCARYA; STERCULIA;

EID: 25144468387     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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