Globanomalina luxorensis, a tethyan biostratigraphic marker of latest Paleocene global events

Micropaleontology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-62

  Speijer, Robert P ^a,c   Samir, Ashraf M ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBANOMALINA LUXORENSIS; PALAEOCENE; TETHYS;

EID: 0030670473     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1485922     Document Type: Article

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