Planktonic foraminiferal turnover across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the Vajont valley (Southern Alps, northern Italy)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 799-821

  Luciani, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Northern Italy; Planktonic foraminifera; Southern Alps

Indexed keywords

ABATHOMPHALUS MAYAROENSIS; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA; GUEMBELITRIA CRETACEA; HEDBERGELLIDAE; HETEROHELICIDAE; PARASUBBOTINA PSEUDOBULLOIDES; PARVULARUGOGLOBIGERINA; PARVULARUGOGLOBIGERINA EUGUBINA; PSEUDOTEXTULARIA;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; FAUNAL TURNOVER; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

ITALY, ALPS, VAJONT VALLEY;

EID: 0031448591     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1997.0088     Document Type: Article

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