Biostratigraphy, mineralogy and geochemistry of the Trabakua Pass and Ermua sections in Spain: Paleocene-Eocene transition

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-25

  Bolle, Marie Pierre ^a   Adatte, Thierry ^a   Keller, Gerta ^b   Von Salis, Katharina ^c   Hunziker, Johannes ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; TERTIARY;

SPAIN;

EID: 0031666174     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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