Danian/Selandian boundary criteria and North Sea Basin-Tethys correlations based on calcareous nannofossil and foraminiferal trends in SW France

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-29

  Steurbaut, Etienne ^a   Sztrákos, Károly ^b  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

calcareous nannofossils; Danian Selandian boundary; foraminifera; France; North Sea Basin Tethys correlations

Indexed keywords

DANIAN; NANOFOSSIL; OUTCROP; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENTATION; TETHYS;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH SEA; TUNISIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRAARUDOSPHAERACEAE; BRYOZOA; FASCICULITHUS; FORAMINIFERA; MOROZOVELLA VELASCOENSIS; SUBBOTINA;

EID: 40849092879     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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