Upper Tithonian-Valanginian (Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous) dinoflagellate cyst stratigraphy of the western Mediterranean

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-420

  Leereveld, Han ^a  

^a Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Berriasian; Biozonation; Dinoflagellate cysts; Lowermost Cretaceous; Spain; Upper Tithonian; Uppermost Jurassic; Valanginian; Western Mediterranean region

Indexed keywords

BERRIASIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; JURASSIC; TITHONIAN; VALANGINIAN;

SPAIN, MURCIA, CARAVACA;

EID: 0030728403     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1997.0070     Document Type: Article

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