The Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) mass extinction in planktic foraminifera at Elles I and El Melah, Tunisia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 233-255

  Karoui Yaakoub, Narjess ^a   Zaghbib Turki, Dalila ^a   Keller, Gerta ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

K T boundary; Mass extinction; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

TUNISIA;

FORAMINIFERA; GUEMBELITRIA; PARVULARUGOGLOBIGERINA EUGUBINA;

EID: 0037186858     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00398-4     Document Type: Article

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