Terrestrial carbon isotope stratigraphy and mammal turnover during post-PETM hyperthermals in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA

Widlansky, Sarah J.; Secord, Ross; Snell, Kathryn E.; Chew, Amy E.; Clyde, William C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-681-2022

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Terrestrial carbon isotope stratigraphy and mammal turnover during post-PETM hyperthermals in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA

Sarah J. Widlansky, Ross Secord, Kathryn E. Snell, Amy E. Chew, and William C. Clyde

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