Woodland in a fluvio-lacustrine environment on the dry Mongolian Plateau during the late Paleocene: Evidence from the mammal bearing Subeng section (Inner Mongolia, P.R. China)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 55-78

  Van Itterbeeck, Jimmy ^a   Missiaen, Pieter ^b,c   Folie, Annelise ^c,d   Markevich, Valentina S ^e   Van Damme, Dirk ^b   Dian Yong, Guo ^f   Smith, Thierry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY AND SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^f Inner Mongolia Museum   (China)

Author keywords

China; Erlian Basin; Gashatan; Inner Mongolia; Nomogen Formation; Paleocene

Indexed keywords

FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; FOSSIL RECORD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAMMAL; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOMORPH; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WOODLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIAN PLATEAU; NEI MONGGOL;

CHARALES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845505684     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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