Biostratigraphy of Lower Miocene sections in the Eastern Desert (Cairo - Suez district, Egypt)

Revue de Paleobiologie

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 607-617

  Abdelghany, Osman ^a   Piller, Werner E ^b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Burdigalian; Egypt; Foraminifera; Miogypsina; Planktic foraminifera

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BURDIGALIAN; MIOCENE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

EGYPT;

MIOGYPSINA;

EID: 0033503738     PISSN: 02536730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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