Biomagnetostratigraphic analysis of the Gorrondatxe section (Basque Country, Western Pyrenees): Its significance for the definition of the Ypresian/Lutetian boundary stratotype

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-109

  Bernaola, Gilen ^a,b   Orue Etxebarria, Xabier ^a,b   Payros, Aitor ^a,b   Dinarès Turell, Jaume ^a,c   Tosquella, Josep ^a,d   Apellaniz, Estibaliz ^a,b   Caballero, Fernando ^a,b  

^a Universidad del País Vasco ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Eocene; Gorrondatxe; GSSP; Magnetostratigraphy; Nummulitids; Planktonic foraminifera; Pyrenees; Ypresian Lutetian boundary

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEEP WATER; FOSSIL RECORD; LUTETIAN; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SUCCESSION;

BASQUE COUNTRY [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

FORAMINIFERA; NUMMULITIDAE;

EID: 33750718465     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/241/2006/67     Document Type: Review

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