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Mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) calcareous nannofossils from Pont du Fahs (northern Tunisia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Minoo Hojjatzadeh
Minoo Hojjatzadeh*
Affiliation:
Oil Service Company of Iran, P.O. Box 1065, Tehran, Iran Now c/o Postgraduate Unit of Micropalaeontology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1 E6BT
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Summary

Calcareous nannofossils from mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) sections at Pont du Fahs (northern Tunisia) allow the recognition of three nannofossil zones-the Prediscosphaera cretacea Zone, the Hayesites albiensis Zone, and the Eiffellithus turriseffeli Zone. A comparative study has been made of the nannofossil assemblages from Pont du Fahs and 14 other sites in North Africa, Western Europe, the North Atlantic and United States.

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Research Article
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Geological Magazine , Volume 118 , Issue 2 , March 1981 , pp. 161 - 174
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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