Paleogeography of the Berriasian-Barremian ages of the Early Cretaceous

Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-69

  Zharkov, M A ^a   Murdmaa, I O ^b   Filatova, N I ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Institute of the Lithosphere of Marginal Seas   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arid and humid climates; Barremian; Berriasian; Climatic belts; Continental margins; Evaporite and coal bearing basins; Hauterivian; Hemipelagic and pelagic oceanic environments; Paleogeography; Valanginian

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644448963     PISSN: 08695938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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