New advances in the stratigraphy and geochemistry of the German Turonian (Late Cretaceous) tephrostratigraphic framework

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 657-671

  Wiese, Frank ^a   Wood, Christopher J ^b   Wray, David S ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Scops Geological Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Lower Saxony; Rare earth elements; Saxony Anhalt; Trace elements; Tuff; Turonian; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CRETACEOUS; LIMESTONE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TURONIAN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; SAXONY-ANHALT; WORLD;

EID: 12544253124     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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