The Albian-Cenomanian boundary in northern California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-250

  Murphy, Michael A ^a   Rodda, Peter U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS;

AMMONITE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BOUNDARY DEFINITION; BOUNDARY INTERVALS; CONTINUOUS SEDIMENTATION; FRANCISCAN COMPLEX; LOWER CRETACEOUS; SEALEVEL CHANGE; UPPER CRETACEOUS; CALIFORNIA; CENOMANIAN; COARSE-GRAINED;

SEA LEVEL;

ALBIAN; AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOMANIAN; CORRELATION; CRETACEOUS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLUTONISM; SEDIMENTATION; STRATOTYPE; UPLIFT; ALBIAN/CENOMANIAN BOUNDARY; TYPE SECTION;

ALASKA; CALIFORNIA; FRANCE; JAPAN; NORTH AFRICA; TEHAMA COUNTY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0029769353     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0235:TACBIN>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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