Benthic foraminiferal assemblages of late Aptian-early Albian black shale intervals in the Vocontian Basin, SE France

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 805-826

  Erbacher, J ^a,b   Gerth, W ^a   Schmiedl, G ^a   Hemleben, Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albian; Aptian; Benthic foraminifera; Black shales; France; Lower Cretaceous; Vocontian Basin

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BLACK SHALE; CRETACEOUS; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

FRANCE;

ALBIA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0032424065     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1998.0134     Document Type: Article

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