Marine Cretaceous-Paleogene biofacies and ichnofacies in southern Tibet, China, and their sedimentary significance

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 3-29

  Zhicheng, Zhou ^a   Willems, Helmut ^a   Binggao, Zhang ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofacies; Cretaceous; Ichnofacies; Paleogene; Southern Tibet, China

Indexed keywords

BIOFACIES; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; ICHNOFACIES; PALAEOGENE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY;

CHINA, TIBET;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CRUZIANA; NEREITES; PLANOLITES; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; SKOLITHOS; THALASSINOIDES; ZOOPHYCOS;

EID: 0342601363     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(97)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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