An astronomical time scale for the Maastrichtian based on the Zumaia and Sopelana sections (Basque country, northern Spain)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-180

  Batenburg, Sietske J ^a,b,c   Gale, Andrew S ^a   Sprovieri, Mario ^b   Hilgen, Frederik J ^d   Thibault, Nicolas ^e   Boussaha, Myriam ^e   Orue Etxebaria, Xabier ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL TIME SCALE; BASQUE COUNTRY; COASTAL CLIFF; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; INTEGRATED STRATIGRAPHY; K-PG BOUNDARIES; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; REFLECTANCE DATA;

FERTILIZERS; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; STRATIGRAPHY;

PLANKTON;

ASTRONOMY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOLOGY; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; MAASTRICHTIAN; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARL; NANOPLANKTON; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; REFLECTANCE;

BASQUE COUNTRY [SPAIN]; BIZKAIA; GIPUZKOA; SOPELANA; SPAIN; ZUMAIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84903365478     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs2013-015     Document Type: Article

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