Chemostratigraphy of the Paleocene/Eocene (P/E) boundary sediments at Gabal el-Qreiya, Nile Valley, Egypt

Micropaleontology

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPLEMENT 1, 2003, Pages 123-138

  Soliman, Mamdouh F ^a  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

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Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; TRACE ELEMENT;

EGYPT;

EID: 0042591483     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/49.Suppl_1.123     Document Type: Article

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