Danian/Selandian boundary stratigraphy, paleoenvironment and Ostracoda from Sidi Nasseur, Tunisia

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 211-234

  Van Itterbeeck, Jimmy ^a   Sprong, Jorinde ^a   Dupuis, Christian ^b   Speijer, Robert P ^a   Steurbaut, Etienne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Danian Selandian boundary; Ostracoda; Tethys; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DANIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; OSTRACOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; TETHYS;

AFRICA; EL KEF [TUNISIA]; NORTH AFRICA; SIDI NASSEUR; TUNISIA;

CYTHEROPTERON; FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA; XESTOLEBERIS;

EID: 33847388851     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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