Integrated foraminiferal biostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy of the querecual formation (Cretaceous), Eastern Venezuela

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 487-499

  Crespo De Cabrera, Sandra ^a,b   Sliter, William V ^c   Jarvis, Ian ^b  

^a PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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