The Paleocene-Eocene transition in the southern Tethys (Tunisia): Climatic and environmental fluctuations

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 661-680

  Bolle, Marie P ^a   Adatte, Thierry ^a   Keller, Gerta ^b   Von Salis, Katharina ^c   Burns, Steve ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Clay minerals; Climate; Environment; Phosphate; Stabl e isotopes; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; PALEOCENE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TETHYS;

EID: 0033396681     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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