Abrupt planktic foraminiferal turnover across the niveau kilian at col de pré-guittard (Vocontian Basin, southeast France): New criteria for defining the Aptian/Albian boundary

Newsletters on Stratigraphy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-74

  Petrizzo, Maria Rose ^a   Huber, Brian T ^b   Gale, Andrew S ^c   Barchetta, Alessia ^a   Jenkyns, Hugh C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute abundance; Aptian Albian boundary; Biostratigraphy; Chemostratigraphy; Planktic foraminifera; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALBIAN; APTIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FRANCE; INDIAN OCEAN; VOCONTIAN TROUGH;

FORAMINIFERA; HEDBERGELLA; HEDBERGELLIDAE;

EID: 84874396520     PISSN: 00780421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0078-0421/2012/0013     Document Type: Article

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