The Early and Middle Miocene transgression at the southern border of the North Sea Basin (northern Belgium)

Geological Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 441-456

  Louwye, Stephen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Dinoflagellate cysts; Miocene; Southern North Sea Basin

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE; MIOCENE; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 25444495671     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1021     Document Type: Article

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