Carbon and oxygen stable isotopes in the Maastrichtian of the Basque Country, N. Spain

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 812-820

  Paul, C R C ^a   Lamolda, Marcos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Cretaceous; Lower Upper Maastrichtian boundary; Sopelana; Spain; Stable isotopes; Zumaya

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; LITHOLOGY; MAASTRICHTIAN; NANOFOSSIL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ABATHOMPHALUS MAYAROENSIS; LITHRAPHIDITES; QUADRATUS;

EID: 35148832698     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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