Microfossil assemblages as proxies for precise palaeoenvironmental determination - an example from Miocene sediments of northwest Borneo

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 152, Issue , 1999, Pages 219-241

  Simmons, M D ^a   Bidgood, M D ^b   Brenac, P ^c   Crevello, P D ^d,e   Lambiase, J J ^d   Morley, C K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Grampian Stratigraphic Services   (United Kingdom)

^c Brenac Stratigraphy International   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^e Petrex PetroGeos Petrol Geosci C   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MIOCENE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM;

EID: 0033397576     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.152.01.13     Document Type: Article

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