Cenomanian–Campanian (Late Cretaceous) planktonic assemblages of the Crimea–Caucasus area: Palaeoceanography, palaeoclimate and sea level changes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology - Tập 441 - Trang 493-515 - 2016
Ludmila Kopaevich1, Valentina Vishnevskaya2
1Geological Faculty, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, Moscow 119234 Russia
2Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevsky per. 7, Moscow, 109017, Russia

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