Link between global cooling and mammalian transformation across the Eocene-Oligocene boundary in the continental interior of Asia

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2193-2200

  Zhang, Rui ^a,b   Kravchinsky, Vadim A ^a   Yue, Leping ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Eocene Oligocene boundary; Eocene Oligocene transition; Junggar Basin; Magnetostratigraphy; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; COOLING; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAGOMORPH; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAMMAL; OCEANIC CURRENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; RODENT;

CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84867847557     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-012-0776-1     Document Type: Article

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