Plio-Pleistocene climatic transition and the lifting of the Teton Range, Wyoming

Quaternary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Leopold, Estella B ^a   Liu, Gengwu ^b   Love, J David ^c   Love, David W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate shift; Mountain uplift; Plio Pleistocene transition; Pliocene pollen; Shooting Iron Formation; Teton Range

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GASTROPOD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; VERTEBRATE;

NORTH AMERICA; TETON COUNTY [WYOMING]; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

GASTROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846321279     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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