Unresolved issues in Cenozoic chronostratigraphy

Stratigraphy

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 109-116

  Fluegeman, Richard H ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DRILLING; NOMENCLATURE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PLIOCENE; STRATOTYPE;

EID: 34548807128     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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