Fourier analysis and the extinction of unionoid bivalves near the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary of the Western Interior, USA: Pattern, causes, and ecological significance

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 48-63

  Scholz, Henning ^a   Hartman, Joseph H ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fort Union Formation; Hell Creek Formation; K T boundary; Multivariate morphometrics; Unionoid bivalves

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EXTINCTION; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF CAMPECHE; CHICXULUB CRATER; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; WESTERN INTERIOR; WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY; WILLISTON BASIN; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

BIVALVIA; UNIONOIDA;

EID: 34948901446     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.02.040     Document Type: Article

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