Late Paleocene-early Eocene carbon isotope stratigraphy from a near-terrestrial tropical section and antiquity of Indian mammals

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 163-171

  Samanta, A ^a   Sarkar, A ^a   Bera, M K ^a   Rai, Jyotsana ^c   Rathore, S S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b KDM Institute of Petroleum Exploration   (India)

^c BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope excursion; Early Eocene hyperthermals; Modern order mammal; Tropical terrestrial Paleocene Eocene thermal maximum (PETM)

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CENOZOIC; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLARCTIC REGION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAMMAL; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; SHALE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WARMING;

GUJARAT; INDIA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875400662     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-012-0259-6     Document Type: Article

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