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Filtering by: Subject Paleoecology -- Oregon -- Coos Bay Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the Coaledo and Bastendorff Formations, southwestern Oregon

Creator:

Rooth, Guy Harlan

Abstract:

Fossil foraminifers from the Coaledo and Bastendorff Formations near Coos Bay in southwestern Oregon were studied in an attempt to determine the age and environment of deposition. Fresh unweathered samples were collected from sea cliffs between Cape Arago and Charleston, Oregon. A large late Eocene delta is preserved in the...

Resource Type:

Dissertation