The age of the base of the Gustav Group in the James Ross Basin, Antarctica

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-105

  Riding, J B ^a   Crame, J A ^b   Dettmann, M E ^c   Cantrill, D J ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Aptian; Biostratigraphy; James Ross Basin; Palynology

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; PALYNOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0031851383     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1998.0098     Document Type: Article

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