Evolution of shallow benthic communities during the Late Paleocene-earliest Eocene transition in the Northern Tethys (SW Slovenia)

Facies

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-43

  Zamagni, J ^a   Mutti, M ^a   Kosir A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Facies analysis; Larger benthic foraminifera; Late Paleocene earliest Eocene; Paleoecology; Shallow water carbonates; SW Slovenia

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BENTHOS; CARBONATE PLATFORM; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SHALLOW WATER; TETHYS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALVEOLINIDAE; ASSILINA; FORAMINIFERA; MILIOLINA; NUMMULITIDAE;

EID: 38649094919     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-007-0123-3     Document Type: Article

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