Late Maastrichtian litho- and ecocycles from hemipelagic deposits of eastern Sinai, Egypt

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 373-395

  Lüning, Sebastian ^a,b   Marzouk, Akmal M ^c   Kuss, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHALK; CRETACEOUS; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; MAASTRICHTIAN; MARL; PALEOECOLOGY; PELAGIC DEPOSIT;

EGYPT;

EID: 0345320172     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(98)00069-4     Document Type: Article

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