The record of global change in mid-Cretaceous (Barremian-Albian) sections from the Sierra Madre, Northeastern Mexico

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 418-437

  Bralower, Timothy J ^a   Cobabe, Emily ^b   Clement, Bradford ^c   Sliter, William V ^d   Osburn, Christopher L ^e   Longoria, José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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