No global-scale transgressive-regressive cycles in the Thanetian (Paleocene): Evidence from interregional correlation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 226-235

  Ruban, Dmitry A ^a   Zorina, Svetlana O ^b   Conrad, Clinton P ^c  

^a SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Central Research Institute of Geology of Nonmetallic Minerals   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Dynamic Topography; Eustasy; Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum; Paleoclimate; Thanetian; Transgressive regressive cycle

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CORRELATION; EOCENE; GLACIATION; HYPSITHERMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; THANETIAN; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; GULF OF MEXICO; RUSSIAN PLATFORM;

EID: 77955268793     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.05.040     Document Type: Article

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