Paleontology of the upper Eocene to quaternary postimpact section in the USGS-NASA Langley core, Hampton, Virginia

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1688, 2006, Pages

  Edwards, Lucy E ^a   Barron, John A ^b   Bukry, David ^b   Bybell, Laurel M ^a   Cronin, Thomas M ^a   Poag, C Wylie ^a   Weems, Robert E ^a   Wingard, G Lynn ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CORE DRILLING; GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

CRATER; DEPOSITION; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; EOCENE; MICROFOSSIL; MOLLUSC; NANOFOSSIL; OLIGOCENE; OSTRACOD; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENT;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DICTYOCHOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846815355     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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