The Miocene-Pliocene hiatus in the southern North Sea Basin (northern Belgium) revealed by dinoflagellate cysts

Geological Magazine

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 760-776

  Louwye, Stephen ^a   De Schepper, Stijn ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

dinoflagellate cysts; Miocene; North Sea Basin; palynology; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DEPOSITION; SEA LEVEL;

DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS; MIOCENE; NORTH SEA; PALYNOLOGY; PLIOCENE;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; HIATUS; MIOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; PLIOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELGIUM; NORTH SEA;

ACRITARCHA; CHLOROPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 78049482535     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756810000191     Document Type: Article

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