Spectral analysis of the lower Eocene Wilkins Peak Member, Green River Formation, Wyoming: Support for Milankovitch cyclicity

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 64-75

  Machlus, M L ^a   Olsen, P E ^a   Christie Blick, N ^a   Hemming, S R ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene; Green River Formation; orbital forcing; spectral analysis; tuning; Wilkins Peak Member

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; ORBITAL FORCING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CYCLICITY; ECCENTRICITY; EOCENE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MODELING; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

GREEN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 40649115897     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.12.024     Document Type: Article

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