Taxonomy and magnetobiochronology of Tribrachiatus and Rhomboaster, two genera of calcareous nannofossils

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-22

  Wei, Wuchang ^a   Zhong, Shilan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON; MAGNETOBIOCHRONOLOGY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; RHOMBOASTER; TAXONOMY; TRIBRACHIATUS;

EID: 0029767368     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000023064     Document Type: Article

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