Revised chronostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the John Day formation (Turtle Cove and Kimberly Members), Oregon, with implications for updated calibration of the Arikareean North American land mammal age

Journal of Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-237

  Albright III, L Barry ^a   Woodburne, Michael O ^a,b   Fremd, Theodore J ^a,c   Swisher III, Carl C ^a,d   MacFadden, Bruce J ^a,e   Scott, Gary R ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Museum Northern Arizona   (United States)

^c John Day Fossil Beds National Monument   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; TERTIARY; UNCONFORMITY;

GREAT PLAINS; JOHN DAY VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 44149094574     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587650     Document Type: Article

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