A preliminary test of the press-pulse extinction hypothesis: Palynological indicators of vegetation change preceding the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, McCone County, Montana, USA

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 503, Issue , 2014, Pages 209-227

  Arens, Nan Crystal ^a   Thompson, Anna ^b   Jahren, A Hope ^c  

^a HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^b Feather River College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 84894224897     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2014.2503(07)     Document Type: Article

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