Physical and biostratigraphic analysis of two prospective Paleocene-Eocene boundary stratotypes in the intermediate-deep water Basque Basin, western Pyrenees: The Trabakua Pass and Ermua sections

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-242

  Orue Etxebarria, Xabier ^a   Apellaniz, Estibaliz ^a   Baceta, Juan Ignacio ^a   Coccioni, Rodolfo ^b   Di Leo, Rita ^b   Dinares Turell, Jaume ^c   Galeotti, Simone ^b   Monechi, Simonetta ^d   Núñez Betelu, Koldo ^a   Pares, Josep Maria ^c   Payros, Aitor ^a   Pujalte, Victoriano ^a   Samso, Josep Maria ^e   Serra Kiel, Josep ^e   Schmitz, Birger ^f   Tosquella, Josep ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALYNOMORPH; PHYSICAL ANALYSIS; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; STRATOTYPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PYRENEES;

EID: 0001543781     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/201/1996/179     Document Type: Article

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