Paleocene

Source Page for Paleocene Research
This page is intended to serve as an aid for anyone interested in the Paleocene, its fossils, sediments, resources, and researchers. We will be pleased to post a link to your page if it contains appropriate material.

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Sequence Stratigraphy / Sea Level Changes

• Sinai, 'sequence stratigraphy' in the hemipelagic
• Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene Formations in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin, Offshore Eastern Canada (A. Agrawal, M.A. Williamson, K.C. Coflin, K. Dickie, K.D. McAlpine, B. Altheim, F.J. Thomas, T. Semper, and V. Pascucci)

Stratigraphy

• International Subcommission on Paleogene Stratigraphy

Paleoclimate and Paleoecology

• O'Connell, S.; Chandler, M.A.; and Ruedy, R. 1996. Implications for the creation of warm saline deep water: Late Paleocene reconstructions and global climte model simulations. Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull. 100, 270-284, abstract
• Paleocene Paleoclimate, references

Fossils in general

• Search Forms for the Type Specimen Catalogs for fossil animals and plants from the Paleocene (UCMP Berkeley)
• DSDP/ODP Micropaleontology Reference Center
• Advertisment: Paleocene/Eocene Fossils (40 slides / $80)

Foraminifera

• NE Arabia, Somalia, Madagascar (Peter Luger)
• Western Desert, Egypt (Kristin Schnack)
• Sinai, Egypt (Sebastian Luening)
• Israel, palecology K/T and P/E boundary (Chaim Benjamini)
• Micro and Macro evolution in the foraminiferida, Evolutionary theory, Foraminiferal ecology, paleoecology, distribution, and diversity (planktonic and benthic), isotope studies in foraminifera (Anthony J. Arnold)
• The national collection of foraminifera (and other microfossils) at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History

Nannofossils

• Nannofossil reference database (Nannofossil Lab, Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
• Nannofossil abstracts Paleocene/mid Eocene, Brazil

Paleobotany

• Graham, A. 1993. History of the Vegetation: Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) -- Tertiary. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993. Flora of North America, Volume 1, Introduction. New York. Pp. 57-70, text
• Paleobotany, systematics and evolution of angiosperms; evolutionary history of floral structure and pollination mechanisms (William L.Crepet)
• Paleocene and Eocene of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains (~7,500 specimens) he (Paleobotanical Collection of the Florida Museum of Natural History)

Paleomagnetism

• Magnetostratigraphic correlations and radiochemical dating of Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene rocks in western Canada (Jack F. Lerbekmo)

Samples

• Marine Geological Samples Search (U.S. National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Center)

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