International Geological Journal - Official Journal of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association

A TETHYAN-BOREAL CORRELATION OF PRE-APTIAN CRETACEOUS STRATA: CORRELATING THE UNCORRELATABLES

Published: Apr 1999

Pages: 101 - 124

Authors: PHILIP J. HOEDEMAEKER

Abstract: Because of the high provinciality of the marine biota during the pre-Aptian Cretaceous times, there is no hope of a precise correlation of Tethyan with boreal successions by means of biostratigraphy alone. Correlations with a detail as shown in the correlation schemes presented here, can be achieved only with the combination of all available correlation tools such as biostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy.

Keywords: Tethyan-Boreal correlation, pre-Aptian Cretaceous, biostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy, Spain, France, Germany, England

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