Foraminiferal assemblages from the late Lower and Middle Cenomanian of Speeton (North Yorkshire, UK): Relationships with sea-level fluctuations and watermass distribution

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-54

  Mitchell, S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; FORAMINIFERA; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL VARIATION;

UK, ENGLAND, YORKSHIRE, SPEETON;

EID: 0029768650     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.15.1.37     Document Type: Article

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