The Paleocene/Eocene-boundary interval of a Tethyan deep-sea section (Austria) and its correlation with the North Sea basin

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-216

  Egger, Hans ^a   Heilmann Clausen, Claus ^b   Schmitz, Birger ^c  

^a ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Earth Science Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eocene; Paleocene; Sedimentology; Stratigraphy; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; PALEOCENE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0034091877     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/171.2.207     Document Type: Article

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