Late Neogene paleoclimate and paleoenvironment reconstructions from the Pipe Creek Sinkhole, Indiana, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 274, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 173-184

  Shunk, Aaron J ^a   Driese, Steven G ^a   Farlow, James O ^b   Zavada, Michael S ^c   Zobaa, Mohamed K ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotope; Karst; Lacustrine; Neogene; Paleoclimate; Pliocene; Terra rossa; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NEOGENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; RECONSTRUCTION; SINKHOLE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERTIARY;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; PIPE CREEK SINKHOLE; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CARYA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 62549094332     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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