Eocene-Oligocene global climate and sea-level changes: St. Stephens Quarry, Alabama

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 34-53

  Miller, Kenneth G ^a   Browning, James V ^a   Aubry, Marie Pierre ^a   Wade, Bridget S ^a,b   Katz, Miriam E ^a,c   Kulpecz, Andrew A ^a   Wright, James D ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabama; Climate; Eocene Oligocene; Greenhouse; Ice volume; Icehouse; Sea level; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ICE VOLUME; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE; LITHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

QUARRIES;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 38549085625     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26105.1     Document Type: Article

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