The Dababiya Quarry Section: Lithostratigraphy, clay mineralogy, geochemistry and paleontology

Micropaleontology

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPLEMENT 1, 2003, Pages 41-59

  Dupuis, Christian ^a   Aubry, Marie Pierre ^b   Steurbaut, Etienne ^c   Berggren, William A ^b,d   Ouda, Khaled ^e   Magioncalda, Roberto ^a   Cramer, Benjamin S ^f   Kent, Dennis V ^b,g   Speijer, Robert P ^h   Heilmann Clausen, Claus ⁱ  

^a FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e Assiut University   (Egypt)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLAY MINERAL; FORAMINIFERA; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EGYPT;

ARANEUS; DISCOASTER; DISCOASTER ARANEUS; FORAMINIFERA; RHOMBOASTER;

EID: 12444293408     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/49.Suppl_1.41     Document Type: Article

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