Status of the hierarchical subdivision of higher order marine Cenozoic chronostratigraphic units

Stratigraphy

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 99-108

  Berggren, William A ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MARINE RECORD; OLIGOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 34548824377     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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