Palaeoenvironmental changes across the Danian–Selandian boundary in the North Sea Basin

• Main Authors: Clemmensen, Anne, Thomsen, Erik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: North Sea; Paleocene; foraminifera; nannofossils; Sea-level changes; Storebælt; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/e2c3d900-29bb-11da-bee9-02004c4f4f50

The Danian–Selandian boundary (not, vert, similar60 Ma) marks the cessation of 40 million years of carbonate deposition in the North Sea Basin and a shift to siliciclastic deposition. On the basis of variations in lithology, benthic and planktonic foraminifera and calcareous nannofossils in three co...