Marine palynology of the ODP site 658 (N-W Africa) and its contribution to the stratigraphy of Late Pliocene

Geobios

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 351-359

  Leroy, Suzanne A G ^a   Dupont, Lydie M ^b,c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Palynology and Quaternary Sciences   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Late Pliocene; Marine palynology; North west Africa

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ODP LEG 108; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PLIOCENE; POLLEN;

ATLANTIC, ODP SITE 658;

EID: 0031446295     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(97)80194-5     Document Type: Article

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