Eocene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and community structure from Exmouth Plateau, Eastern Indian Ocean (ODP Site 762)

Stratigraphy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-54

  Shamrock, Jamie L ^a,b   Watkins, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CHALK; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EOCENE; NANOFOSSIL; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; EXMOUTH PLATEAU; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EAST);

CALCIDISCUS; CRUCIPLACOLITHUS; ELLIPTICUS;

EID: 84867638232     PISSN: 1547139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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