A benthic foraminiferal record of Paleocene sea level and trophic/redox conditions at Gebel Aweina, Egypt

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 79-101

  Speijer, Robert P ^a,b   Schmitz, Birger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Egypt; Paleocene; Paleoenvironment; Sea level

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; PALAEIENVIRONMENT; PALAEOCENE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDOX CONDITONS; SEA LEVEL; TROPHIC STATE;

EGYPT; GEBEL AWEINA;

EID: 0032006644     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00107-7     Document Type: Article

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