High-resolution dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy of the Santonian-basal Campanian (Upper Cretaceous): New data from Whitecliff, Isle of Wight, England

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 143-169

  Prince, Iain M ^a   Jarvis, Ian ^b   Tocher, Bruce A ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b Sch of Earth Science and Geography   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Campanian; Chalk; Dinoflagellate cysts; Santonian; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033005879     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(98)00077-3     Document Type: Article

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