Magnetostratigraphic (re)calibration of the Paleocene/Eocene boundary interval in Holes 550 and 549, Goban Spur, eastern North Atlantic

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 201-213

  Ali, Jason R ^a   Hailwood, Ernie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Core Magnetics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Eocene; Goban Spur; Magnetostratigraphy; North Atlantic; Paleocene

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GOBAN SPUR;

EID: 0032465786     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00151-4     Document Type: Article

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