Oligocene palaeoenvironmental changes in the Romanian Carpathians, revealed by calcareous nannofossils

Studia Geologica Polonica

Volumn 124, Issue , 2005, Pages 341-352

  Melinte, Mihaela Carmen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEO ECOLOGY GEOECOMAR   (Romania)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Oligocene; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoenvironment; Romanian Carphathians

Indexed keywords

NANOFOSSIL; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 30144438343     PISSN: 00816426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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