Lithostratigraphy, paleontology, and biochronology of the Chadron, Brule, and Arikaree Formations in North Dakota

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 325, Issue , 1998, Pages 185-196

  Hoganson, John W ^a   Murphy, Edward C ^a   Forsman, Nels F ^b  

^a North Dakota Geological Survey   (United States)

^b University of North Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; GRAVEL; LIME; LIMESTONE; MAMMALS; SANDSTONE; WATER;

BIOCHRONOLOGY; CALCAREOUS MUDSTONE; FISSION-TRACK DATING; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; NORTH DAKOTA; SANDY MUDSTONE; VERTEBRATE FOSSILS; VOLCANIC GLASS;

LANDFORMS;

BIOCHRONOLOGY; CONGLOMERATE; FISSION TRACK DATING; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MARKER BED; PALEONTOLOGY; VOLCANIC GLASS;

NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WHITE RIVER [UNITED STATES];

EID: 27644513618     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2325-6.185     Document Type: Article

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