Biostratigraphy and Vertebrate Paleontology of the San Timoteo Badlands, Southern California |
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| Author:
| Albright, L. Barry
Albright, L. Barry |
| Series title: | UC Publications in Geological Sciences Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-520-09836-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2000 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $33.95 |
Book Description:
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The author describes forty-two fossil taxa recovered during a study of the San Timoteo Badlands that used magnetobiostratigraphy to develop a temporal framework for addressing the tectonic evolution of southern California over the last 6 million years. For the Pliocene, small mammals are an effective means of correlating a magnetostratigraphy to the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale when radioisotopic dates are unobtainable.
The author describes forty-two fossil taxa recovered during a study of the San Timoteo Badlands that used magnetobiostratigraphy to develop a temporal framework for addressing the tectonic evolution of southern California over the last 6 million years. For the Pliocene, small mammals are an effective means of correlating a magnetostratigraphy to the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale when radioisotopic dates are unobtainable.