Integrated stratigraphy of an Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Early Albian) North Sea borehole (BGS 81/40)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 447-463

  Ruckheim S ^a   Bornemann, A ^a   Mutterlose, J ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albian; Aptian; Barremian; Calcareous nannofossils; Central North Sea; Planktonic foraminifera; Stable carbon isotopes; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; BARREMIAN; BOREHOLE; CRETACEOUS; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; STRATIGRAPHY; ZONATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33744518555     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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