Climate stability across the Eocene-Oligocene transition, southern Argentina

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 621-624

  Kohn, Matthew J ^a   Josef, Jennifer A ^a   Madden, Richard ^b   Kay, Richard ^b   Vucetich, Guiomar ^c   Carlini, Alfredo A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Eocene Oligocene transition; Notoungulates; Stable isotopes; Teeth

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC STABILITY; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE TRANSITION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTOPES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; TOOTH;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3543111504     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20442.1     Document Type: Article

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