Lithology and biostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous marine deposits from the Haţeg region (Romania): Palaeoenvironmental implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 293, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 283-294

  Melinte Dobrinescu, Mihaela C ^a  

^a National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo ecology   (Romania)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; Late Cretaceous; Marine sedimentation; Paleoenvironment; Southern Carpathians; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CRETACEOUS; EPISODIC EVENT; LITHOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MARL; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL; SHALLOW WATER;

CARPATHIANS; HATEG; HUNEDOARA; ROMANIA;

CONIACIAN;

EID: 77954956907     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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