High resolution calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and paleoecology across the Latest Danian Event (LDE) in central Eastern Desert, Egypt

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 111-128

  Youssef Ali, Mohamed ^a  

^a SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Calcareous nannofossils; Danian; Egypt; Paleoecology; Selandian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COPROLITE; DANIAN; MARL; NANOFOSSIL; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOECOLOGY; SELANDIAN;

AFRICA; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; RED SEA COAST;

EID: 68349119187     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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