Microfossil biostratigraphy of the Palaeogene succession in the Davis Strait, offshore West Greenland

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1017-1030

  Rasmussen, Jan Audun ^a   Sheldon, Emma ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Foraminifera; North Atlantic; Palaeogene

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

BIODIVERSITY; OFFSHORE BOREHOLES; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOGENE;

DAVIS STRAIT;

EID: 1642546515     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(02)00114-9     Document Type: Article

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