Planktonic foraminiferal succession in late Cretaceous to early Palaeocene strata in Meghalaya, India

Lethaia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-84

  Mukhopadhyay, Sanjay K ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; India; Langpar Formation; Meghalaya; Planktonic foraminifera

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALCAREOUS ALGA; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DANIAN; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOCENE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SUCCESSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MEGHALAYA; SOUTH ASIA;

FORAMINIFERA; PARASUBBOTINA PSEUDOBULLOIDES;

EID: 39049129587     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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