A normal polarity subchron that embraces the K/T boundary: A measure of sedimentary continuity across the boundary and synchroneity of boundary events

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 307, Issue , 1996, Pages 465-476

  Lerbekmo, J F ^a   Sweet, A R ^b   Duke, M J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOMAGNETISM; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALBERTA; AR METHOD; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MEAN AGES; PALEOCENE; SASKATCHEWAN; TIME SPAN;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; FERN; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

EID: 84870835118     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2307-8.465     Document Type: Article

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