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Blancan-Hemphillian Land Mammal Ages and Late Cenozoic Mammal Dispersal Events

Everett H. Lindsay, Neil D. Opdyke, Noye M. Johnson

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Carbonatites are igneous rocks formed in the crust by fractional crystallization of carbonate-rich parental melts that are mostly mantle derived. They dominantly consist of carbonate minerals such as calcite, dolomite, and ankerite, as well as minor ...Read More

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Carbonatites are igneous rocks formed in the crust by fractional crystallization of carbonate-rich parental melts that are mostly mantle derived. They dominantly consist of carbonate minerals such as calcite, dolomite, and ankerite, as well as minor ...Read More

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Carbonatites are igneous rocks formed in the crust by fractional crystallization of carbonate-rich parental melts that are mostly mantle derived. They dominantly consist of carbonate minerals such as calcite, dolomite, and ankerite, as well as minor ...Read More

Key concepts: Mammal, Cenozoic, Biological dispersal, Geography, Paleontology, Ecology, Geology, Biology

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