Magnetic stratigraphy of the Eocene-Oligocene floral transition in western North America

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 435, Issue , 2008, Pages 71-87

  Prothero, Donald R ^a  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Colorado; Eocene; Floras; Magnetic stratigraphy; Oligocene

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; COLORADO; EOCENE; FLORAS; OLIGOCENE;

MAGNETISM;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FLORA; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WARNER MOUNTAINS;

EID: 75249104224     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2435(05)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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