Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Coniacian/Santonian boundary interval in Romania and comparison with other European regions

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-127

  Melinte, Mihaela C ^a   Lamolda, Marcos A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEO ECOLOGY GEOECOMAR   (Romania)

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

Author keywords

Coniacian Santonian boundary; Correlation; Nannofloras; Tethyan realm

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONITE; BIOMARKER; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIVALVE; CONIACIAN; FLORA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NANOFOSSIL; SANTONIAN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMMONOIDEA; CONIACIAN; FORAMINIFERA; INOCERAMIDAE; MICULA;

EID: 33847260768     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.05.021     Document Type: Article

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