Upper-Albian to Lower Cenomanian biostratigraphy in the Oyubari area, Hokkaido, Japan: Toward a Cretaceous biochronology for the North Pacific

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-91

  Kawabe, Fumihisa ^a   Takashima, Reishi ^b   Wani, Ryoji ^c   Nishi, Hiroshi ^b   Moriya, Kazuyoshi ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albian Cenomanian boundary; Ammonoids; Biochronology; Hokkaido; Pacific; Planktonic foraminifers

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; AMMONITE; BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CENOMANIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AMMONOIDEA; BITICINELLA BREGGIENSIS; DESMOCERAS JAPONICUM; FORAMINIFERA; MANTELLICERAS SAXBII; MARIELLA BERGERI; MORTONICERAS ROSTRATUM; ROTALIPORA APPENNINICA; ROTALIPORA GLOBOTRUNCANOIDES; ROTALIPORA SUBTICINENSIS; ROTALIPORA TICINENSIS;

EID: 0142094669     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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