Ryan P. Eden

New insights into basin development of the Miocene Barstow Formation through zircon U-Pb tephrochronometry and Lu-Hf petrochronology

The Miocene Barstow Formation, central Mojave, California, USA, preserves a detailed sedimentary, paleoclimatic, and paleontological record. Despite its importance in calibrating the Barstovian North American Faunal Stage and cataloging the onset and terminus of the Miocene Climatic Optimum, the precise depositional ag...