Also, other microfossils such as diatoms, radiolaria, and planktonic and benthic foraminifera are useful in certain parts of the Palaeocene. |
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Initiation of a cold, upwelling current off the west coast of South America dates back to latest Cretaceous to earliest Palaeocene times. |
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It includes the Palaeocene, Eocene, and Oligocene epochs, spanning the time from the end of the Mesozoic to the beginning of the Neogene. |
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Sand-rich turbidites from two Palaeocene submarine fan systems have very different heavy mineral stratigraphic styles. |
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The topography of the unconformity includes a northward-draining valley network interpreted to represent incision into the underlying Palaeocene section. |
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The exposure of this group ranging in time from Palaeocene to upper Eocene. |
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He compared it with the Late Palaeocene Thermal Maximum, which occurred around 55 million years ago and lasted about 100,000 years. |
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The planned total depth of the well will be 2,688 m with several target zones in Palaeocene sediments. |
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