Palynology and sedimentology across a new marine Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary section on Nuussuaq, West Greenland

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 851-854

  Nøhr Hansen, Henrik ^a   Dam, Gregers ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DARK MUDSTONES; DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH LATITUDES; OCEAN CONDITIONS; SLOPE ENVIRONMENTS; WEST GREENLAND;

GEOLOGY;

ALGA; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY; REGRESSION; TRANSGRESSION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; NUUSSUAQ;

EID: 0031415099     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0851:PASAAN>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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