Chronostratigraphic framewok for Upper Campanian-Maastrichtian sediments on the Blake Nose (Subtropical North Atlantic)

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-182

  Huber, Brian T ^a   MacLeod, Kenneth G ^b   Tur, Nataliya A ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CAMPANIAN; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLAKE NOSE; BLAKE PLATEAU;

BIVALVIA; GANSSERINA GANSSERI; GLOBOTRUNCANA AEGYPTIACA; INOCERAMIDAE; PSEUDOGUEMBELINA PALPEBRA;

EID: 43349094231     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.38.2.162     Document Type: Article

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