Magnetostratigraphic calibration of Eocene-Oligocene dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy from the Norwegian-Greenland Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-127

  Eldrett, James S ^a   Harding, Ian C ^a   Firth, John V ^b   Roberts, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Dinoflagellate cysts; Eocene; Magnetobiostratigraphy; Norwegian Greenland Sea; Oligocene

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY TIME SCALE (GPTS);

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 1242344754     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00357-8     Document Type: Article

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