Turonian to Santonian paleoenvironmental changes in the Cretaceous Western Interior Sea: The Carlile and Niobrara formations in southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 64-91

  Nielsen, Karsten Schjødt ^a   Schröder Adams, Claudia J ^b   Leckie, Dale A ^c   Haggart, James W ^d   Elberdak, Khalifa ^b  

^a Petroglobe Inc   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CNOOC LTD   (China)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Foraminifera; Paleoenvironments; Paleogeography; Sea level; Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRETACEOUS; FORAMINIFERA; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MUDSTONE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CARDIUM; CONIACIAN; FORAMINIFERA; VERGER;

EID: 56049103032     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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