A paleotropical carbonate-dominated archive of carboniferous icehouse dynamics, Bird Spring Fm., Southern Great Basin, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 329-330, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-82

  Martin, Lauren G ^a   Montañez, Isabel P ^a   Bishop, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate sequence stratigraphy; Carboniferous glaciation; Carboniferous sea level; Glacioeustacy; Paleotropical paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CARBONIFEROUS; CORRELATION; FAULTING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLACIATION; KARST; LITHOFACIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTROPICAL KINGDOM; PALEOZOIC; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

AVES; VIRGILIA;

EID: 84859267246     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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