New paleomagnetic and stable-isotope results from the nanxiong basin, china: Implications for the K/T boundary and the timing of paleocene mammalian turnover

Journal of Geology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-143

  Clyde, William C ^a   Ting, Suyin ^a,b   Snell, Kathryn E ^a,c   Bowen, Gabriel J ^a,d   Tong, Yongsheng ^a,e   Koch, Paul L ^a,c   Li, Qian ^a,e   Wang, Yuanqing ^a,e  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAMMAL; MARKER BED; PALEOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEONTOLOGY; SANDSTONE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; NANXIONG BASIN;

DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77749246551     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649893     Document Type: Article

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