Age and paleoenvironment of the Cenomanian-Turonian global stratotype section and point at Pueblo, Colorado

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 95-128

  Keller, Gerta ^a   Pardo, Alfonso ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fundacion San Valero   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cenomanian Turonian; Paleoenvironment; Planktic foraminifera; Pueblo GSSP

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; STRATOTYPE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLO; UNITED STATES;

FORAMINIFERA; HEDBERGELLA; HETEROHELIX;

EID: 3843070684     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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