High-resolution stratigraphy of the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary interval at Pueblo (USA) and wadi Bahloul (Tunisia): stable isotope and bio-events correlation

Geobios

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-200

  Caron, Michèle ^a   Dall'Agnolo, Stephan ^a   Accarie, Hugues ^b   Barrera, Enriqueta ^c   Kauffman, Erle G ^d   Amédro, Francis ^e   Robaszynski, Francis ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^f FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Bioevents; Biostratigraphy; Cenomanian Turonian; Planktic foraminifera; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIOMARKER; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLO; UNITED STATES;

AMMONOIDEA; FORAMINIFERA; HELVETOGLOBOTRUNCANA HELVETICA; HETEROHELIX; MAMMITES; ROTALIPORA CUSHMANI; WATINOCERAS DEVONENSE;

EID: 33645886342     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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