Glacioeustatic sea level fall marking the base of supercycle TA-1 at 66.5 Ma recorded by the kaolinization of the Whitemud Formation and the Colgate Member of the Fox Hills Formation

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1299-1303

  Lerbekmo, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colgate; Fox Hills; Glacioeustasy; Maastrichtian; Magnetostratigraphy; TA 1 supercycle; Whitemud

Indexed keywords

COLGATE; FOX HILLS; GLACIOEUSTASY; MAASTRICHTIAN; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; TA-1 SUPERCYCLE; WHITEMUD;

AQUIFERS; BENTONITE; LEACHING; LEAD; SEA LEVEL; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

SEAWATER;

AGE DETERMINATION; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIOEUSTACY; LEACHING; MAASTRICHTIAN; MINERALIZATION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CANADA; CYPRESS HILLS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; SASKATCHEWAN; UNITED STATES;

CUPRESSUS;

EID: 67349204019     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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