Complete Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/P) boundary section at Wadi Nukhul, southwestern Sinai, Egypt: Inference from planktic foraminiferal biostratigraphy

Revue de Paleobiologie

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 201-224

  Obaidalla, Nageh A ^a  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Cretaceous survivors; Danian; K P boundary; Maastrichtian; Mass extinction; Paleogene; Planktic foraminifera; Sinai; Wadi Nukhul

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI;

ABATHOMPHALUS MAYAROENSIS; FORAMINIFERA; GUEMBELITRIA CRETACEA; HEDBERGELLIDAE; HETEROHELICIDAE; PARASUBBOTINA PSEUDOBULLOIDES; PARVULARUGOGLOBIGERINA; PARVULARUGOGLOBIGERINA EUGUBINA; PLUMMERITA HANTKENINOIDES; PSEUDOGUEMBELINA; PSEUDOGUEMBELINA PALPEBRA; RACEMIGUEMBELINA FRUCTICOSA; SUBBOTINA TRILOCULINOIDES;

EID: 28444452603     PISSN: 02536730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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