Late Cretaceous palynofloras and foraminifera from Ain El-Wadi area, Farafra Oasis, Egypt

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 633-660

  Ibrahim, Mohamed I A ^a   Abdel Kireem, M Rashad ^b  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Egypt; El Hefhuf Formation; Farafra Oasis; Foraminifera; Khoman Formation; Palaeoenvironment; Palaeogeography; Palynology

Indexed keywords

ARECIPITES; CONTUSOTRUNCANA; CONTUSOTRUNCANA CONTUSA; FORAMINIFERA; FOVEOTRICOLPITES; GANSSERINA GANSSERI;

CRETACEOUS; FORAMINIFERA; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY;

EGYPT, FARAFRA OASIS, AIN EL-WADI;

EID: 0031414527     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1997.0085     Document Type: Article

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