High-resolution carbon isotope stratigraphy and mammalian faunal change at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary in the Honeycombs area of the southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

American Journal of Science

Volumn 306, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 712-735

  Yans, Johan ^a   Strait, Suzanne G ^b   Smith, Thierry ^c   Dupuis, Christian ^a   Steurbaut, Etienne ^c   Gingerich, Philip D ^d  

^a FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FAUNA; HYPSITHERMAL; MAMMAL; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

BIGHORN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; MENISCOTHERIUM;

EID: 33847657040     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/09.2006.02     Document Type: Article

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