Eocene-oligocene transition in Central Asia and its effects on mammalian evolution

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-114

  Kraatz, Brian P ^a   Geisler, Jonathan H ^b  

^a Western University of Health Sciences   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ASIA; CLIMATIC CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FAUNAL CHANGE; FAUNAL TURNOVER; MONGOLIA; OLIGOCENE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; POSITIVE IONS;

MAMMALS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FAUNA; FOSSIL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAMMAL; PALEOCLIMATE;

CENTRAL ASIA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77950169298     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30619.1     Document Type: Article

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