Morphometry of selected calcareous nannofossils across the Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary at the Bidart (France) and Elles (Tunisia) sections. Comparison with carbon and oxygen stable isotope ratios;Morphométrie de nannofossiles calcaires au passage Crétacé-Paléocène des coupes de Bidart (France) et d'Elles (Tunisie). Comparaison avec les isotopes stables du carbone et de l'oxygène

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 399-412

  Thibault, Nicolas ^a   Minoletti, Fabrice ^a   Gardin, Silvia ^a   Renard, Maurice ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; K T boundary; Morphometry; Morphotypes; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IRIDIUM; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MORPHOMETRY; MORPHOTYPE; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; AQUITAINE; BIDART; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EL KEF [TUNISIA]; ELLES; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTH AFRICA; PYRENEES-ATLANTIQUES; TUNISIA; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12544258726     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/175.4.399     Document Type: Article

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