The calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphic framework of the Late Maastrichtian-Danian North Sea chalk

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 39, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 239-263

  Lottaroli, F ^a   Catrullo, D ^a  

^a AGIP SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; K T boundary; Nannofossils; North Sea

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PREDISCOSPHAERA STOVERI; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHALK; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DANIAN; MAASTRICHTIAN; NANNOFOSSIL;

NORTH SEA;

BIANTHOLITHUS; BIANTHOLITHUS SPARSUS; CRUCIPLACOLITHUS PRIMUS;

EID: 0033934026     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(00)00023-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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