Global extinction event in benthic foraminifera across the Paleocene/Eocene boundary at the Dababiya Stratotype section

Micropaleontology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 433-447

  Alegret, Laia ^a   Ortiz, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; DISSOLUTION; EOCENE; EXTINCTION; PALEOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRATOTYPE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

ANGULOGAVELINELLA AVNIMELECHI; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33947413876     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsmicropal.52.5.433     Document Type: Article

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