Integrated uppermost Campanian–Maastrichtian calcareous nannofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphic zonation of the northwestern margin of Australia

Howe, R. W.; Campbell, R. J.; Rexilius, J. P.

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Integrated uppermost Campanian–Maastrichtian calcareous nannofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphic zonation of the northwestern margin of Australia

R. W. Howe, R. J. Campbell, and J. P. Rexilius

R. W. Howe

School of Earth & Geographical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia (e-mail: , )

Current address: Energy & Geoscience Institute, The University of Utah, 423 Wakara Way, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA (e-mail: )

R. J. Campbell

School of Earth & Geographical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia (e-mail: , )

J. P. Rexilius

International Stratigraphic Consultants Pty Ltd, 73 Rule St., North Fremantle, WA 6159, Australia (e-mail: )

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