Palaeocene biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy of the UK central North Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 295-312

  Mudge, David C ^a   Bujak, Jonathan P ^b  

^a Albion House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b The Lexis Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

North Sea; Palaeocene; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; DINOFLAGELLATE; PALAEOCENE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0029751084     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(95)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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