Palaeoenvironmental turnover across the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary at the Stratotype section in Dababiya (Egypt) based on benthic foraminifera

Terra Nova

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 526-536

  Alegret, Laia ^a,b   Ortiz, Silvia ^b   Arenillas, Ignacio ^b   Molina, Eustoquio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON ISOTOPE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STRATOTYPE; TURNOVER;

AFRICA; DABABIYA QUARRY; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; QENA;

ANGULOGAVELINELLA AVNIMELECHI; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33744549723     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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