The Rupelian-Chattian boundary in the North Sea Basin and its calibration to the international time-scale

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-248

  Van Simaeys, Stefaan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biochronostratigraphy; Dinoflagellate cysts; North Sea Basin; Rupelian Chattian boundary; Tethyan Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; GLACIOEUSTACY; OLIGOCENE; RUPELIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 11844287522     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600020308     Document Type: Article

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