In quest of Paleocene global-scale transgressions and regressions: Constraints from a synthesis of regional trends

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-18

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

^a SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Danian; Eustasy; Paleoclimate; Regression; Selandian; Tectonics; Transgression

Indexed keywords

DANIAN; EMPLACEMENT; EUSTACY; MANTLE PROCESS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; REGRESSION; SELANDIAN; SHORELINE CHANGE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSGRESSION;

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

EID: 84855979686     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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