The Callovian-Oxfordian boundary in Britain: A review of key sections and their correlation with the proposed global stratotype section and point for the Oxfordian in Haute Provence, France

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 201-208

  Page, Kevin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Callovian; England; GSSP; Jurassic; Oxfordian; Scotland; Stratotype; Zonation

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; OXFORDIAN; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; STRATOTYPE; TYPE SECTION;

ALPES-DE-HAUTE-PROVENCE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMONOIDEA; FORAMINIFERA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 2942637577     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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