Calcareous nannofossil assemblage changes from early to middle Eocene in the Levant margin of the Tethys, central Israel

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-139

  Weinbaum Hefetz, Menahem ^a   Benjamini, Chaim ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossils; EECO; Eocene; Levant; Tethys

Indexed keywords

COCCOLITH; COOLING; DIACHRONISM; EOCENE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; NANOPLANKTON; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; REWORKING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; TETHYS;

ISRAEL; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CHIASMOLITHUS; COCCOLITHUS; RETICULOFENESTRA;

EID: 80053965010     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0262-821X11-017     Document Type: Article

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