Paleocene sea-level and productivity changes at the southern Tethyan margin (El Kef, Tunisia)

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Guasti, Elisa ^a   Kouwenhoven, Tanja J ^b   Brinkhuis, Henk ^b   Speijer, Robert P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Organic walled dinoflagellate cysts; Paleocene; Paleoenvironment; Sea level; Tethys

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; PALEOCENE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEA LEVEL; TETHYS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EL KEF [TUNISIA]; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA; WORLD;

DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; HAPLOPHRAGMOIDES; TROCHAMMINA;

EID: 17644384868     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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