Microfacies analysis of Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary sections in the quarries Geulhemmerberg and Curfs, SE Netherlands

Geologie en Mijnbouw

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 133-151

  Zijlstra, J J P ^a   Brouwers, M H M P ^a,b,c   Brinkhuis, H ^b   De Boer, P L ^a  

^a Institut of Earth Sciences   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Chalk; K T boundary; Maastrichtian type area; Sedimentology; Thin section microfacies

Indexed keywords

CHALK; CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY; MICROFACIES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

NETHERLANDS, CURFS; NETHERLANDS, GEULHEMMERBERG;

EID: 0030437033     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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