The palynological record across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in differing palaeogeographical settings from the southern Pyrenees, Spain

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 230, Issue , 2004, Pages 243-255

  Fernandez Marron M T ^a   Lopez Martinez N ^a   Fonolla Ocete J F ^a   Valle Hernandez M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 12744255219     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.230.01.12     Document Type: Article

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