Selected plant microfossil records of the terminal Cretaceous event in terrestrial rocks, western North America

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 22-34

  Nichols, Douglas J ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Extinction; Impact; Iridium anomaly; Palynomorphs

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; IRIDIUM; MICROFOSSIL; MINERALOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; PLANT COMMUNITY; QUARTZ;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 35148858497     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.02.038     Document Type: Article

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