CPCP: Colorado Plateau Coring Project – 100 Million Years of Early Mesozoic Climatic, Tectonic, and Biotic Evolution of an Epicontinental Basin Complex

Early Mesozoic epicontinental basins of western North America contain a spectacular record of the climatic and tectonic development of northwestern Pangea as well as what is arguably the world’s richest and most-studied Triassic-Jurassic continental biota. The Colorado Plateau and its environs (Fig....

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Main Authors: John W. Geissman, Dennis V. Kent, Paul E. Olsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-07-01
Series:Scientific Drilling
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Online Access:http://www.iodp.org/images/stories/downloads/sd6_08.pdf#page=62