Miocene tectonics and climate forcing of biodiversity, western United States

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 783-786

  Kohn, Matthew J ^a   Fremd, Theodore J ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Climate change; Mammal diversity; Paleontology; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE TELECONNECTIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GLOBAL COOLING; HABITAT DIVERSITIES; MIOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; SEASONALITY; TIBETAN PLATEAUX; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEONTOLOGY; SEASONALITY; TELECONNECTION; UNGULATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 54949149175     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24928A.1     Document Type: Article

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