Palynology, paleoenvironments, and organic carbon isotope evolution in lagoonal Paleocene-Eocene boundary settings in North Belgium

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 369, Issue , 2003, Pages 291-317

  Steurbaut, E ^a   Magioncalda, R ^b   Dupuis, C ^b   Van Simaeys, S ^a   Roche, E ^c   Roche, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INTEGRATION; DEPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPES; KAOLINITE; TECTONICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDENCE; DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARIES; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; KAOLINITE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SUCCESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELGIUM; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84871401661     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2369-8.291     Document Type: Article

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