Palaeoenvironmental and biotic changes across the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in the Oman Mountains;Modifications des paléoenvironnements et des associations biologiques autour de la limite Crétacé-Tertiaire dans les montagnes d'Oman

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-270

  Roger, Jack ^a   Bourdillon, Chantal ^a   Razin, Philippe ^a   Le Callonnec, Laurence ^b   Renard, Maurice ^b   Aubry, Marie Pierre ^c   Philip, Jean ^d   Platel, Jean Pierre ^a   Wyns, Robert ^a   Bonnemaison, Monique ^e  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Carbonate platform; Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Hemipelagic basin; Oman Mountains; Palaeoenvironments; Tectonic control

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT;

OMAN;

EID: 0031843597     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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