The Paleocene of Central East Sinai, Egypt: 'Sequence stratisgraphy' in monotonous hemipelagites

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-39

  Lüning, Sebastian ^a,c   Marzouk, Akmal M ^b   Kuss, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Tanta University   (Egypt)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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