Foraminiferal distribution and palaeoecological interpretation of the Eocene-Miocene carbonates at Al Jabal al Akhdar (northeast Libya)

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-65

  Abdulsamad, Esam O ^a   Barbieri, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CENOZOIC; FORAMINIFERA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0032743954     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.18.1.45     Document Type: Article

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