biozones: Ammonite biozone ages for the Upper Cretaceous

biozonesR Documentation

Ammonite biozone ages for the Upper Cretaceous

Description

This dataset provides the lower and upper ages of ammonite biozones between the Turonian and the Maastrichtian.

Usage

data(biozones)

Format

A matrix of 50 biozonal ages.

Source

Hardenbol, J., Thierry, J., Farley, M. B., Jacquin, T., Graciansky, P.-C., and Vail, P. R., 1998, Mesozoic and Cenozoic sequence chronostratigraphic framework of European basins, in Graciansky, P.-C., Hardenbol, J., Jacquin, T., and Vail, P. R., eds., Mesozoic and Cenozoic sequence stratigraphy of European basins, Volume 60: Tulisa, OK, Society of Economic Palaeontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM) Special Publications, p. 3-14.


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