Fundamentals of Mid-Tertiary Stratigraphical Correlation (Paperback)

Part I. Review and Revision F. E. Eames, F. T. Banner, W. H. Blow and W. J. Clarke: 1. Introduction; 2. Acknowledgments; 3. Type regions for stages of the Tertiary; 4. Assessment of fossil faunas for dating and correlation; 5. Dating of beds within the limits Oligocene and Aquitanian in the Old World; 6. Correlation of Oligocene and Lower Miocene stages of Europe and the Mediterranean region with successions in the Middle East, East Africa, and the Indo-Pacific region; 7. Consequent commentary on and minor amendments to the age of some Tethyan beds and remarks on Lepidocyclina; 8. The dating or marine so-called 'Oligocene' beds in the Central American region; 9. General conclusions; Appendices; Selected references; Plates; Part II. The Mid-Tertiary (Upper Eocene to Aquitanian) Globigerinaceae W. H. Blow and F. T. Banner: 10. Introduction; 11. Acknowledgments; 12. The Tanganyikan Middle Tertiary (Upper Eocene to Lower Miocene); 13. Comparison of the Globigerinaceae of the Oligocence and Aquitanian in the Tethyan, European and Caribbean regions; 14. The stratigraphical position of the 'San Fernando formation', Southern Trinidad; 15. Systematic palaeontology; 16. The evolution of some Upper Eocene to Lower Miocene Globigerinaceae; References; Plates; Indices.