The K/T stratotype section of El Kef (Tunisia): Events and biotic turnovers

Geobios

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages 235-245

  Ben Abdelkader, Omrane ^a   Ben Salem, Habib ^a   Donze, Pierre ^b   Maamouri, Anne Louise ^a   Méon, Henriette ^b   Robin, Éric ^c   Rocchia, Robert ^c   Froget, Laurence ^c  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DES MINES   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biotic crisis; Cosmic event; Environment; K T boundary stratotype section; Tunisia (El Kef)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009251656     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(97)80098-8     Document Type: Article

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