Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the Cenomanian - Turonian transition in the Tarfaya Basin, southern Morocco

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 995-1007

  Tantawy, Abdel Aziz ^a  

^a ASWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Calcareous nannofossils; Cenomanian; Morocco; Paleoecology; Tarfaya Basin; Turonian

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMARKER; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BLACK SHALE; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEPOSITION; FLORA; NANOFOSSIL; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; GUELMIM-ES SMARA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; TARFAYA BASIN;

EIFFELLITHUS; FORAMINIFERA; HELVETOGLOBOTRUNCANA HELVETICA; HETEROHELIX; LITHRAPHIDITES; WATZNAUERIA BARNESAE; ZEUGRHABDOTUS;

EID: 53549119149     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.05.021     Document Type: Article

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