Foraminiferal response to mid-Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) palaeoceanographic events in the Anglo-Paris Basin (Northwest Europe)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 103-125

  Mitchell, S F ^a   Carr, I T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Foraminifera; Palaeoceanography; Pulse faunas; Sea levels

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; FORAMINIFERA; MACROFOSSIL; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

EUROPE, ANGLO-PARIS BASIN;

EID: 0032005023     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00087-4     Document Type: Article

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