The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains

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Pub. Date: 2002-11-01
Publisher(s): Geological Society of Amer
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Table of Contents

Prefacep. v
Hell Creek Formation and the early picking of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the Williston Basinp. 1
Lithostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakotap. 9
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 boundaryp. 35
Magnetostratigraphy of interfingering upper Cretaceous-Paleocene marine and continental strata of the Williston Basin, North Dakota and Montanap. 57
Chemostratigraphic correlation of four fossil-bearing sections in southwestern North Dakotap. 75
Palynology and microstratigraphy of Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary sections in southwestern North Dakotap. 95
Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in southwestern North Dakota and northwestern South Dakotap. 145
Synopsis of the Hell Creek (uppermost Cretaceous) dinosaur assemblagep. 169
Patterns of geographic variation in latest Cretaceous vertebrates: Evidence from the turtle componentp. 177
Mammals from the end of the age of dinosaurs in North Dakota and southeastern Montana, with a reappraisal of geographic differentiation among Lancian mammalsp. 191
Evolution of the mammalian fauna across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in northeastern Montana and other areas of the Western Interiorp. 217
Marine Breien Member (Maastrichtian) of the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota: Stratigraphy, vertebrate fossil record, and agep. 247
Brackish and marine mollusks of the Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota: Evidence for a persisting Cretaceous seawayp. 271
Preliminary assessment of insect herbivory across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary: Major extinction and minimum reboundp. 297
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 transgressionp. 329
Palynology and palynostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota: A microfossil record of plants at the end of Cretaceous timep. 393
Palynology of the Hell Creek Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) in northwestern South Dakota: Effects of paleoenvironment on the composition of palynomorph assemblagesp. 457
Palynology of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in central Montana: Evidence for extraterrestrial impact as a cause of the terminal Cretaceous extinctionsp. 473
Hell Creek Formation: A 2001 synthesisp. 503
Indexp. 511
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