The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Danian Stage (Paleocene, Paleogene, "Tertiary", Cenozoic): Auxiliary sections and correlation

Episodes

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 84-95

  Molina, Eustoquio ^a   Alegret, Laia ^a   Arenillas, Ignacio ^a   Arz, José A ^a   Gallala, Njoud ^b   Grajales Nishimura, José Manuel ^c   Murillo Muñetón, Gustavo ^c   Zaghbib Turki, Dalila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CRATER; DANIAN; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MASS EXTINCTION; METEORITE; MICROFOSSIL; NANOFOSSIL; OUTCROP; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

AFRICA; AQUITAINE; BASQUE COUNTRY; BIDART; CARAVACA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GUIPUZCOA; KEF; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MURCIA [SPAIN]; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TUNISIA; WESTERN EUROPE; ZUMAIA;

EID: 70349902576     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2009/v32i2/002     Document Type: Article

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