Chronostratigraphy of Late Neogene sediments in the southern North Sea Basin and paleoenvironmental interpretations

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 239, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 426-455

  Kuhlmann, Gesa ^a,b   Langereis, Cor ^a   Munsterman, Dirk ^b   Jan van Leeuwen, Robert ^b   Verreussel, Roel ^b   Meulenkamp, Johan ^a   Wong, Theo ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biostratigraphy; chronostratigraphy; Neogene; North Sea; Paleoenvironment; paleomagnetism; X event

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DATA SET; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FORAMINIFERA; GLACIATION; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; POLLEN; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33750020928     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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