Middle Campanian-lowermost Maastrichtian nannofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the northwestern Australian margin

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 827-864

  Campbell, Robert J ^a,d   Howe, Richard W ^b,e   Rexilius, John P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c IntlStratigraphic ConsultPty Ltd   (Australia)

^d Shell International Exploration and Production Inc   (United States)

^e GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Calcareous nannofossil; Campanian; Cretaceous; Foraminifera; KCCM; Maastrichtian; Northwestern Australian margin; Ocean Drilling Program Leg 122

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; FORAMINIFERA; NANOFOSSIL;

AUSTRALIAN NORTHWEST SHELF; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

FORAMINIFERA; GANSSERINA GANSSERI; HETEROHELIX; HIATUS; RUGOGLOBIGERINA; SIGANUS; VOMBATIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 10844242802     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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