The Turonian - Coniacian boundary in the United States Western interior

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 495-507

  Walaszczyk, Ireneusz ^a   Cobban, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONIACIAN; MOLLUSC; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SUCCESSION; TURONIAN;

UNITED STATES;

CREMNOCERAMUS WALTERSDORFENSIS; DIDYMOTIS; FORRESTERIA PERUANA; INOCERAMUS; MYTILOIDES SCUPINI;

EID: 0043030325     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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