Stratigraphic evidence for an Early Aptian sea-level fluctuation: The Graua Limestone of south-eastern Ethiopia

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 783-791

  Bosellini, Alfonso ^a   Russo, Antonio ^b   Schroeder, Rolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aptian; Cretaceous; East Africa; Eustacy; Sea level fluctuations

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; CRETACEOUS; EUSTACY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ETHIOPIA;

FORAMINIFERA; ORBITOLINIDAE; PALORBITOLINA LENTICULARIS; SOCOTRA; SOMALIA;

EID: 0033507320     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1999.0183     Document Type: Article

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