Dinoflagellate stratigraphy and its response to sea level change in Cenomanian-Turonian sections of the western interior of the United States

Palaios

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-30

  Li, Huan ^a   Habib, Daniel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; PALYNOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

USA, WESTERN INTERIOR;

DINOPHYCEAE; SPINIFERITES;

EID: 0030465904     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515113     Document Type: Article

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