The youngest Maastrichtian 'true' inoceramids from the Vijlen Member (Gulpen Formation) in northeast Belgium and the Aachen area (Germany)

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-167

  Walaszczyk, I ^a   Jagt, J W M ^b   Keutgen, N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NATUURHISTORISCH MUSEUM MAASTRICHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTP Bydgoszczy   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; Correlation; Inoceramidae; Maastrichtian; Maastrichtian type area

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIVALVE; CEPHALOPOD; MAASTRICHTIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TAXONOMY;

AACHEN; BELGIUM; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

BACULITES; BIVALVIA; CEPHALOPODA; INOCERAMIDAE;

EID: 77957134144     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600000755     Document Type: Article

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