Transient drying during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM): Analysis of paleosols in the bighorn basin, Wyoming

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 245, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 444-461

  Kraus, Mary J ^a   Riggins, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bighorn Basin, alluvial; Paleocene Eocene boundary; Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum; Paleosols

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPSITHERMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

BIGHORN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 33846917160     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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