Calcareous nannofossil and planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of proposed stratotypes for the Coniacian/Santonian boundary: Olazagutía, northern Spain; Seaford Head, southern England; and Ten Mile Creek, Texas, USA

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-92

  Howe, Richard W ^a   Sikora, Paul J ^a   Gale, Andrew S ^b   Bergen, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbor Park; Coniacian; England; Foraminifera; Nannofossils; Olazagut a, Spain; Santonian; Seaford Head; Stratotypes; Ten Mile Creek; Upper Cretaceous; USA

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONIACIAN; MICROFOSSIL; NANOFOSSIL; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SANTONIAN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STRATOTYPE;

EAST SUSSEX; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NAVARRA; NORTH AMERICA; OLAZAGUTIA; SEAFORD HEAD; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TEN MILE CREEK; TEXAS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; CONIACIAN; CONTUSOTRUNCANA; DIPLOMONADIDA GROUP; FORAMINIFERA; INOCERAMIDAE;

EID: 33847375653     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.05.017     Document Type: Article

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