Inter-regional correlation of Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary strata based on the Tithonian-Valanginian dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy of the Volga Basin, western Russia

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 82-116

  Harding, Ian C ^a   Smith, Giles A ^b   Riding, James B ^c   Wimbledon, William A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Correlation; Dinoflagellate cysts; Early Cretaceous; Latest Jurassic; Western Russia

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CORRELATION; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; PROVINCIALISM; SUCCESSION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

AMMONOIDEA; DINOPHYCEAE; VILLOSA;

EID: 80052024420     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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