Dinoflagellate cyst biogeography and biostratigraphy as a tool for palaeoceanographic reconstructions: An example from the Oligocene of western and northwestern Europe

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 219, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 207-219

  Pross, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FOSSIL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TETHYS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0007802218     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/219/2001/207     Document Type: Article

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