The Late Campanian and Maastrichtian in northwestern Tunisia: Palaeoenvironmental inferences from lithology, macrofauna and benthic foraminifera

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-252

  Li, Liangquan ^a   Keller, Gerta ^a   Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Late Cretaceous; Lithology; Sea level; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CAMPANIAN; LITHOLOGY; MAASTRICHTIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

TUNISIA;

EID: 0033121016     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1999.0148     Document Type: Article

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