Stratigraphy and palaeobiogeography of Tertiary larger foraminifera from Al Jabal al Akhdar (Cyrenaica, NE Libya)

Giornale di Geologia

Volumn , Issue 61, 1999, Pages 75-98

  Abdulsamad, Esam O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Larger foraminifera; NE Libya; Palaeobiogeography; Stratigraphy; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORAMINIFERA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TERTIARY;

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA;

NUMMULITES;

EID: 0033510458     PISSN: 00170291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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