The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the northern Great Plains : an integrated continental record of the end of the Cretaceous / edited by Joseph H. Hartman and Kirk R. Johnson and and Douglas J. Nichols.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hartman, Joseph Herbert.

Johnson, Kirk R.

Nichols, Douglas J.

Geological Society of America.

Series:

Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 361.

Special paper / the Geological Society of America ; 361

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary--Northwestern States.

Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary.

Geology--Northwestern States.

Geology.

Paleontology--Northwestern States.

Paleontology.

Hell Creek Formation.

United States--Hell Creek Formation.

United States--Northwestern States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 520 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2002.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1. Hell Creek Formation and the early picking of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the Williston Basin / Joseph H. Hartman 1

2. Lithostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota / Edward C. Murphy, John W. Hoganson, Kirk R. Johnson 9

3. Magnetostratigraphy and geochronology of the Hell Creek and basal Fort Union Formations of southwestern North Dakota and a recalibration of the age of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary / Jason F. Hicks, Kirk R. Johnson, John D. Obradovich, Lisa Tauxe, David Clark 35

4. Magnetostratigraphy of interfingering upper Cretaceous-Paleocene marine and continental strata of the Williston Basin, North Dakota and Montana / Steven P. Lund, Joseph H. Hartman, Subir K. Banerjee 57

5. Chemostratigraphic correlation of four fossil-bearing sections in southwestern North Dakota / Nan Crystal Arens, A. Hope Jahren 75

6. Palynology and microstratigraphy of Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary sections in southwestern North Dakota / Douglas J. Nichols, Kirk R. Johnson 95

7. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in southwestern North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota / Dean A. Pearson, Terry Schaefer, Kirk R. Johnson, Douglas J. Nichols, John P. Hunter 145

8. Synopsis of the Hell Creek (uppermost Cretaceous) dinosaur assemblage / Dale A. Russell, Makoto Manabe 169

9. Patterns of geographic variation in latest Cretaceous vertebrates: Evidence from the turtle component / Patricia A. Holroyd, J. Howard Hutchison 177

10. Mammals from the end of the age of dinosaurs in North Dakota and southeastern Montana, with a reappraisal of geographic differentiation among Lancian mammals / John P. Hunter, J. David Archibald 191

11. Evolution of the mammalian fauna across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in northeastern Montana and other areas of the Western Interior / William A. Clemens 217

12. Marine Breien Member (Maastrichtian) of the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota: Stratigraphy, vertebrate fossil record, and age / John W. Hoganson, Edward C. Murphy 247

13. Brackish and marine mollusks of the Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota: Evidence for a persisting Cretaceous seaway / Joseph H. Hartman, James I. Kirkland 271

14. Preliminary assessment of insect herbivory across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary: Major extinction and minimum rebound / Conrad C. Labandeira, Kirk R. Johnson, Peter Lang 297

15. Megaflora of the Hell Creek and lower Fort Union Formations in the western Dakotas: Vegetational response to climate change, the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary event, and rapid marine transgression / Kirk R. Johnson 329

16. Palynology and palynostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota: A microfossil record of plants at the end of Cretaceous time / Douglas J. Nichols 393

17. Palynology of the Hell Creek Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) in northwestern South Dakota: Effects of paleoenvironment on the composition of palynomorph assemblages / Timothy J. Kroeger 457

18. Palynology of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in central Montana: Evidence for extraterrestrial impact as a cause of the terminal Cretaceous extinctions / Carol L. Hotton 473

19. Hell Creek Formation: A 2001 synthesis / Kirk R. Johnson, Douglas J. Nichols, Joseph H. Hartman 503.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, [2008]. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN:

0813723612

9780813723617

OCLC:

213836469

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.