Late Cenomanian-early Turonian low-salinity tolerant agglutinated foraminifera from the Khalda-21 borehole, Western Desert, Egypt

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-87

  Ibrahim, Mohamed I A ^a   Al Saad, Hamad ^a  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; EUTROPHICATION; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

EID: 0042027002     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/216/2006/67     Document Type: Article

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