Biostratigraphy and paleoceanography of the Cretaceous seaway between Norway and Greenland

Earth Science Reviews

Volumn 46, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 27-98

  Gradstein, F M ^a   Kaminski, M A ^b   Agterberg, F P ^c  

^a Saga Petroleum ASA   (Norway)

^b KLFR   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cretaceous seaway; Greenland; Norway; Petroleum stratigraphy; Quantitative foraminiferal zonation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

GREENLAND; NORWAY;

EID: 0032723554     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(99)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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