Relationship of floodplain ichnocoenoses to paleopedology, paleohydrology, and paleoclimate in the Willwood Formation, Wyoming, during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Palaios

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 683-699

  Smith, Jon J ^a   Hasiotis, Stephen T ^b,c   Kraus, Mary J ^d   Woody, Daniel T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c Dept of Ecol Evolutionary Biology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLOODPLAIN; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPSITHERMAL; ICHNOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PEDOLOGY; RHIZOLITH; TRACE FOSSIL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIGHORN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

CAMBORYGMA; EDAPHICHNIUM; INVERTEBRATA; PLANOLITES;

EID: 53849083796     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2007.p07-080r     Document Type: Article

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