Late Paleocene high Laramide ranges in northeast Wyoming: Oxygen isotope study of ancient river water

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 110-121

  Fan, Majie ^a   Dettman, David L ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

freshwater bivalve; Laramide; oxygen isotope ratios; paleoelevation; Rocky Mountains

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER BIVALVE; LARAMIDE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS; PALEOELEVATION; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SURFACE TESTING; TECTONICS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

RIVERS;

BIVALVE; DETACHMENT FAULT; ELEVATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCENE; RIVER WATER; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST;

BIGHORN MOUNTAINS; BLACK HILLS; NORTH AMERICA; POWDER BASIN; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 69549097615     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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