Palynomorph, foraminifera, and calcareous nannoplankton biostratigraphy of Oligo-Miocene sediments in the Muş Basin, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-319

  Sancay, Recep Hayrettin ^a   Bati, Zühtü ^a   Işik, Uǧraş ^a   Kirici, Sabri ^a   Akça, Nihal ^a  

^a TURKISH PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Eastern Anatolia; Miocene; Nannoplankton; Oligocene; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoenvironment; Palynomorphs; Planktonic foraminifera

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; NANOPLANKTON; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOMORPH; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

APIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; DEFLANDREA; DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; LANGITANAIS; POACEAE;

EID: 33845689089     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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