The Cenozoic Era: Lyellian (chrono)stratigraphy and nomenclatural reform at the millennium

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 143, Issue , 1998, Pages 111-132

  Berggren, William A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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CENOZOIC; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

LYELLIA;

EID: 0032297608     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.143.01.10     Document Type: Article

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