Biostratigraphic and Geological Significance of Planktonic Foraminifera

• Main Author: BouDagher-Fadel, Marcelle K. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: UCL Press 2015
• Subjects: Geology & the lithosphere; Rocks, minerals & fossils; Geography; Palaeontology; Stratigraphy; Agriculture & farming; Petroleum technology; Geology; Paleontology; Agriculture; Engineering
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The role of fossil planktonic foraminifera as markers for biostratigraphical zonation and correlation underpins most drilling of marine sedimentary sequences and is key to hydrocarbon exploration. The first - and only - book to synthesize the whole biostratigraphic and geological usefulness of plank...