Stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of early postimpact deposits at the USGS-NASA Langley corehole, Chesapeake Bay impact crater

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1688, 2006, Pages

  Poag, C Wylie ^a   Norris, Richard D ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE DRILLING; GEOPHYSICS; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRATER; EXTINCTION; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEAFLOOR;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BATHYSIPHON; BOLIVINA; BULIMINA; CIBICIDOIDES; FORAMINIFERA; UVIGERINA;

EID: 33846781624     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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