Re-evaluation of the Albian-Cenomanian boundary in the U.S. Western Interior based on dinoflagellate cysts

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 77-97

  Oboh Ikuenobe, Francisca E ^a   Benson, Don G ^b   Scott, Robert W ^c   Holbrook, John M ^d   Evetts, Mike J ^e   Erbacher, Jochen ^f  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IRF GROUP INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^e Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources ^*  (United States)

^f FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

dinoflagellate cysts; Early Cenomanian; graphic correlation; Late Albian; U.S. Western Interior

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; AMMONITE; BOUNDARY; CENOMANIAN; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; PALYNOMORPH; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

COLORADO; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN INTERIOR; WYOMING;

AMMONOIDEA; BIVALVIA; DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; METENGONOCERAS; NEOGASTROPLITES; OVOIDINIUM; PALAEOHYSTRICHOPHORA INFUSORIOIDES;

EID: 33847612487     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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