Reconstructing paleocatchments by integrating stable isotope records, sedimentology, and taphonomy: A late cretaceous case study (Montana, United States)

Palaios

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 545-554

  Foreman, Brady Z ^a,d   Fricke, Henry C ^b   Lohmann, Kyger C ^a   Rogers, Raymond R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^c MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CATCHMENT; CRETACEOUS; CROCODILIAN; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPSOMETRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATOR; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 80052540445     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2010.p10-133r     Document Type: Article

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