The paleoecology of Late Cretaceous upwelling events from the upper Magdalena basin, Colombia

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Volumn 18, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 305-320

  Martinez, J Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; UPWELLING;

COLOMBIA;

CLUPEIFORMES; DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 0345604392     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2003)018<0305:TPOLCU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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