A note on the biostratigraphy of Paleocene-Eocene larger foraminifera from western Cuba

Micropaleontology

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 19-26

  Blanco Bustamente, Silvia ^a   Fernández Rodríguez, Gena ^a   Fluegeman, Richard H ^b  

^a Oil Research Centre   (Cuba)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORAMINIFERA; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY;

CUBA;

AMPHISTEGINA; DISCOCYCLINA; EOCONULOIDES; FORAMINIFERA; ORBITOCLYPEUS;

EID: 0342657818     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1486102     Document Type: Article

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