Eocene-Oligocene transition paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental record from the Isle of Wight (UK)

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 452, Issue , 2009, Pages 249-259

  Sheldon, Nathan D ^a,c   Mitchell, Ria L ^a   Collinson, Margaret E ^a   Hooker, Jerry J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

England; Eocene Oligocene; Isle of wight; Paleoclimate; Paleosols

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; SOILS;

ENGLAND; ISLE OF WIGHT; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOSOLS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL;

ENGLAND; ISLE OF WIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 74949095356     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2452(16)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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