Benthic foraminiferal assemblages between two major extinction events: The Paleocene El Kef section, Tunisia

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-112

  Kouwenhoven, T J ^a   Speijer, R P ^b   Van Oosterhout, C W M ^c   Van der Zwaan, G J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Argo Geological Consultants BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

benthic foraminifera; Paleocene; paleoecology; Tethys

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGE; EXTINCTION; FORAMINIFERA; PALAEOCENE; PALAEOECOLOGY; TETHYS;

TUNISIA, EL KEF;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0030620770     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(96)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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