Evidence for glacioeustatic control of large, rapid sea-level fluctuations during the Albian-Cenomanian: Dakota formation, eastern margin of western interior seaway, USA

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 411-423

  Koch, Jesse T ^a   Brenner, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Albian Cenomanian; Cretaceous; Eustasy; Glaciation; Glacioeustasy; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOMANIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; GLACIOEUSTACY; HIATUS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR;

EID: 62049086034     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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