Calcareous benthonic foraminifera across the Cretaceous/Paleocene transition of Gebel Um El-Ghanayem, Kharga Oasis, Egypt

•The Cretaceous/Paleocene boundary is marked by a hiatus.•Zone CF3 was dominated by tapered calcareous benthic morphogroup, suggested eutrophic environment.•Zone P1c was characterized by mixed epifaunal/infaunal morphogroups suggested the food supply was less abundant than Zone CF3. The studies of b...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of African earth sciences (1994) 2014-08, Vol.96, p.110-121
Hauptverfasser:	Orabi, Orabi H., Khalil, Hamza M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Benthic Foraminifera Cretaceous Egypt Kharga Oasis Paleocene
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