Palynostratigraphy and depositional history of the Palaeocene Ormesby/Thanet depositional sequence set in southeastern England and its correlation with continental West Europe and the Lista Formation, North Sea

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 265-315

  Jolley, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dinocysts; Ormesby Thanet; Palaeocene; Pollen; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; PALAEOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ENGLAND; UK;

EID: 0032033050     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(97)00039-0     Document Type: Article

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