The upper Paleocene-lower Eocene stratigraphic record and the Paleocene-Eocene boundary carbon isotope excursion: Implications for geochronology

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 101, Issue , 1996, Pages 353-380

  Aubry, Marie Pierre ^a   Berggren, William A ^b   Stott, Lowell ^c   Sinha, Ashish ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000799216     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.101.01.18     Document Type: Article

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