Lower miocene stratigraphy along the Panama Canal and its bearing on the Central American Peninsula

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Kirby, Michael Xavier ^a   Jones, Douglas S ^b   MacFadden, Bruce J ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; CENTRAL AMERICA; GENE FLOW; ISOTOPE TRACING; LOWER MIOCENE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PANAMA; STRATIGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; TIME; VOLCANO;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL AMERICA; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; MAMMALS; PALEONTOLOGY; PANAMA; TIME FACTORS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 51349155559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002791     Document Type: Article

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