Foraminifera from the Aalenian and the Bajocian GSSP (Middle Jurassic) of Murtinheira section (Cabo Mondego, West Portugal): Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental implications

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 155-179

  Canales, María Luisa ^a   Henriques, Maria Helena ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aalenian; Biostratigraphy; Early Middle Jurassic boundary; Foraminifera; Paleoecology; West Portugal

Indexed keywords

AALENIAN; ABUNDANCE; BAJOCIAN; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALCITE; CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTION; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; REPLACEMENT; SALINITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TOARCIAN;

CAPE MONDEGO; COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FORAMINIFERA; LAGENINA; LENTICULINA;

EID: 40849141849     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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