Latest Miocene to earliest Pliocene sedimentation and climate record derived from paleosinkhole fill deposits, Gray Fossil Site, northeastern Tennessee, U.S.A.

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 231, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 265-278

  Shunk, Aaron J ^a   Driese, Steven G ^a   Clark, G Michael ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gray Fossil Site; Paleoclimate; Paleosinkhole; Pliocene; Tennessee

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SINKHOLE;

NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32344433030     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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