Restructuring of benthic foraminiferal assemblages across the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/P) boundary at Aïn Settara, Tunisia;Otwornice bentosowe a granica kreda/paleogen (K/P) w profilu Aïn Settara, Tunezja

Przeglad Geologiczny

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1069-1074

  Peryt, Danuta ^a   Alegret, Laia ^b   Molina, Eustoquio ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Cretaceous Paleogene boundary (K P); Mass extinction; Paleoenvironment

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; AIN SETTARA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

FORAMINIFERA; GUEMBELITRIA CRETACEA; PARASUBBOTINA PSEUDOBULLOIDES; PARVULARUGOGLOBIGERINA EUGUBINA; PLUMMERITA HANTKENINOIDES;

EID: 0347596654     PISSN: 00332151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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