Stratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental analysis of the Rupelian-Chattian transition in the type region: Evidence from dinoflagellate cysts, foraminifera and calcareous nannofossils

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 31-58

  Van Simaeys, Stefaan ^a   De Man, Ellen ^b   Vandenberghe, Noël ^a   Brinkhuis, Henk ^c   Steurbaut, Etienne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Calcareous nannofossils; Dinoflagellate cysts; North Sea Basin; Rupelian Chattian boundary

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FORAMINIFERA; NANOFOSSIL; OLIGOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ASTERIGERINA; CHILOGUEMBELINA; DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; HIATUS; SIGANUS;

EID: 2642527937     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.029     Document Type: Article

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