Palaeobiotope analysis and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Palaeocene-Early Eocene ostracodes from east-central Sinai, Egypt

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 230, Issue , 2004, Pages 293-308

  Elewa, Ashraf M T ^a   Morsi, Abdel Mohsen M ^b  

^a Minia University ^*  (Egypt)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; OSTRACOD; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI; WORLD;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 4344639076     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.230.01.15     Document Type: Article

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