Nonmarine records of climatic change across the Eocene-Oligocene transition

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 452, Issue , 2009, Pages 241-248

  Sheldon, Nathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene ligocene transition; Paleoclimate; Paleosols; Rain shadow

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GREENHOUSES; ISOTOPES; WAREHOUSES;

EOCENE-LIGOCENE TRANSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOSOLS; RAIN SHADOW; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EMPLACEMENT; EOCENE; GLACIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

NEBRASKA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549086839     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2452(15)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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