Dynamic Carboniferous climate change, Arrow Canyon, Nevada

Geosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-34

  Bishop, James W ^a   Montañez, Isabel P ^a   Osleger, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIATION; GLACIOEUSTACY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOZOIC; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARROW CANYON RANGE; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953990135     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00192.1     Document Type: Article

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