Stratigraphy, microfossils and depositional environments of the lowermost part of the Welton Chalk Formation (late Cenomanian to early Turonian, Cretaceous) in eastern England

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-64

  Dodsworth, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; WELTON CHALK FORMATION;

UK, ENGLAND;

EID: 0030480655     PISSN: 00440604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/pygs.51.1.45     Document Type: Article

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