Upper Paleocene-lower Eocene planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Qreiya (Gebel Abu Had) section, Upper Nile Valley (Egypt)

Micropaleontology

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPLEMENT 1, 2003, Pages 105-122

  Berggren, William A ^a   Ouda, Khaled ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

EGYPT;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0043244875     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/49.Suppl_1.105     Document Type: Article

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