Paleoecological interpretation of transitional environments in Eocene carbonates (NE Spain)

Palaios

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-160

  Travé, Anna ^a   Serra Kiel, Josep ^a   Zamarreño, Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; FORAMINIFERA;

BIOFACIES; CARBONATE SHELF; CORALLINE ALGAE; EOCENE; FORAMINIFERA; MICROFACIES; PALAEOECOLOGY;

SPAIN;

EID: 0030467772     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515067     Document Type: Article

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