Numerical age calibration of the Albian/Cenomanian boundary

Stratigraphy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-32

  Scott, Robert W ^a,b   Oboh Ikuenobe, Francisca E ^c   Benson Jr , Don G ^d   Holbrook, John M ^e  

^a Precision Stratigraphy Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^c MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d IRF GROUP INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALBIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; CENOMANIAN; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AMMONOIDEA; DINOPHYCEAE; STOLICZKAIA;

EID: 67649464517     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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