Campanian to Palaeocene biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments in the Foula Sub-basin, west of the Shetland Islands, UK

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-43

  Van Den Akker, T J H A ^a   Kaminski, M A ^a   Gradstein, F M ^b,c   Wood, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Saga Petroleum as   (Norway)

^c Saga Petroleum UK ^*  (Norway)

^d Saga Petroleum UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; PALEOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0034041026     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.19.1.23     Document Type: Review

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