Biostratigraphic correlation of the Upper Paleocene-Lower Eocene succession in the Upper Nile Valley: A synthesis

Micropaleontology

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPLEMENT 1, 2003, Pages 179-212

  Ouda, Khaled ^a   Berggren, William A ^b  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

EGYPT;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0042164217     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/49.Suppl_1.179     Document Type: Article

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