Palynostratigraphy of John's Nose, a new Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary section in southwestern North Dakota, USA

Palynology

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 36-47

  Bercovici, Antoine ^a   Vajda, Vivi ^a   Pearson, Dean ^b   Villanueva Amadoz, Uxue ^c,d   Kline, Doug ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Pioneer Trails Regional Museum   (United States)

^c Departamento de Paleontologi'a   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous Paleogene boundary; Extinction; Fern spore spike; Floral turnover; Last Appearance Datum; Palynology

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CRETACEOUS; EXTINCTION; FERN; PALEOGENE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; PRESERVATION; SPORE;

NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYATHIDITES; EMBRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 84861803240     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2012.678695     Document Type: Article

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