Relationships between foraminiferal assemblages and depositional sequences in the merli EST section (figols allogroup - south-central pyrenees - lower eocene)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-266

  Gaboardi, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eocene; Foraminifera; Sequence stratigraphy; Spain

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EOCENE; FIGOLS ALLOGROUP; FORAMINIFERA; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

SPAIN, PYRENEES;

EID: 0030499108     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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