Biostratigraphic review of the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary transition, mid-Waipara River section, North Canterbury, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 243-253

  Hollis, C J ^a   Strong, C P ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarcticella pauciloculata Zone; Biosiliceous; Calcareous nannofossils; Foraminifera; Paleocene; Paleoenvironment; Palynomorphs; Radiolaria; Stratotype

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; FORAMINIFERA; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOLARIA; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; STRATOTYPE;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WAIPARA RIVER;

EID: 0042178295     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2003.9515007     Document Type: Review

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