Foraminiferal evidence for Cenomanian sequence stratigraphy and palaeoceanography of the Boulonnais (Paris Basin, northern France)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 41-70

  Gräfe, Kai Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cenomanian; Cretaceous; Foraminifers; Palaeoceanography; Paris Basin; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; FORAMINIFERA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

FRANCE;

ALGAE; ATAXOPHRAGMIUM; ATAXOPHRAGMIUM COMPACTUM; DOROTHIA; DOROTHIA LEVIS; EUKARYOTA; FORAMINIFERA; GAVELINELLA; GAVELINELLA CENOMANA; TRITAXIA; TRITAXIA PYRAMIDATA;

EID: 0344117766     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00080-2     Document Type: Article

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