Cretaceous separation of Africa and South America: The view from the West African margin (ODP Leg 159)

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 147-174

  Pletsch, T ^a,g   Erbacher, J ^b   Holbourn, A E L ^a   Kuhnt, W ^a   Moullade, M ^c   Oboh Ikuenobede, F E ^d   Soding E ^e   Wagner, T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Equatorial atlantic; Gateway; Palaeoceanography; Plate tectonics; Sedimentary basin; Stratigraphic correlation; Transform margin

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PLATE TECTONICS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034979189     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(01)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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