Biostratigraphy, paleoecology and paleogeography of the middle and late Tertiary deposits of the northern Western Desert, Egypt

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-394

  Ouda, Khaled ^a  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

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BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; TERTIARY;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 0008408629     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/207/1998/311     Document Type: Article

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