Cenomanian biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments in the northwest Carmel region, northern Israel

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 469-491

  Lipson Benitah, Shulamit ^a,b   Almogi Labin, Ahuva ^b   Sass, Eytan ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Cenomanian; Northern Israel; Palaeoenvironment; Planktic foraminifera

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOMANIAN; CHALK; CRETACEOUS; PALAEOENVIRONMENT;

ISRAEL, CARMEL;

EID: 0030729639     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1997.0065     Document Type: Article

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