Aragonian stratigraphy reconsidered, and a re-evaluation of the middle Miocene mammal biochronology in Europe

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 287-294

  Daams, R ^a   Van Der Meulen, A J ^b   Alvarez Sierra, M A ^a   Pelaez Campomanes P ^c   Krijgsman, W ^d  

^a Ciudad Universitaria   (Spain)

^b B   (Netherlands)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d Paleomagnetic Laboratory Utrecht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Chronology; Magnetostratigraphy; Mammals; Miocene; Spain

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0033557124     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00273-8     Document Type: Article

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