Palaeocene-Eocene deep water agglutinated foraminifera from the Numidian Flysch (Rif, Northern Morocco): Their significance for the palaeoceanography of the Gibraltar gateway

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-19

  Kaminski, Michael A ^a   Kuhnt, Wolfgang ^b   Radley, Jon D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Museum of Isle of Wight Geology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FORAMINIFERA; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCENE;

MOROCCO, RIF;

EID: 0029731363     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.15.1.1     Document Type: Article

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