Stratigraphy of late Palaeocene events in the Middle East: Implications for low- to middle-latitude successions and correlations

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-47

  Speijer, Robert P ^a   Schmitz, Birger ^b   Luger, Peter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Global events; Middle East; Stratigraphy; Upper Paleocene

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORAMINIFERA; PALEOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; TETHYS;

EGYPT; ISRAEL;

EID: 0005443214     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.1.37     Document Type: Article

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