The Yorktown Formation: Improved Stratigraphy, Chronology, and Paleoclimate Interpretations from the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain

The Yorktown Formation records paleoclimate conditions along the mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain during the mid-Piacenzian Warm Period (3.264 to 3.025 Ma), a climate interval of the Pliocene in some ways analogous to near future climate projections. To gain insight into potential near future changes, we...

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Main Authors: Harry J. Dowsett, Marci M. Robinson, Kevin M. Foley, Timothy D. Herbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Geosciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/11/12/486