Late Paleocene-Early Eocene sedimentary history in western Cuba: Implications for the LPTM and for regional tectonic history

Micropaleontology

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 5-18

  Aubry, Marie Pierre ^a   Sanfilippo, Annika ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANNOFOSSIL; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; TECTONIC SETTING;

CUBA;

EID: 0033503477     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1486101     Document Type: Article

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