An integrated stratigraphic record from the Paleocene of the Chijiang Basin, Jiangxi Province (China): Implications for mammalian turnover and Asian block rotations

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 269, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 554-564

  Clyde, William C ^a   Tong, Yongsheng ^b   Snell, Kathryn E ^c   Bowen, Gabriel J ^d   Ting, Suyin ^e   Koch, Paul L ^c   Li, Qian ^b   Wang, Yuanqing ^b   Meng, Jin ^f  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; mammals; Paleocene; paleoclimate; paleomagnetism; stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; MAMMALS; TECTONICS;

ASIAN BLOCK ROTATIONS; MAMMALIAN FAUNAL TRANSITIONS; PALEOMAGNETISM;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BLOCK ROTATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; CHIJIANG BASIN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGXI; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 43249124128     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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