A palaeoenvironmental and palaeoecological analysis of fine-grained paleogene estuarine deposits of North Germany

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 273-326

  Dill, H G ^d   Kothe A ^a   Gramann, F ^b   Botz, R ^c  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b Niedersachsisches Landesamt B   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; PALAEOGENE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

GERMANY, NORTH GERMAN BASIN;

EID: 0030453849     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(96)00019-3     Document Type: Article

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