Drawing the line: The history of the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-117

  Cope, John C W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary; Chronostratigraphy; Cretaceous; Jurassic; UK

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; STRATOTYPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 40049090828     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(08)80262-3     Document Type: Article

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