Palynology of Late Paleocene - Earliest Eocene Outcrop Sediments from Benin Basin, SW Nigeria: Implications for Paleoclimatology and PETM Record in the Tropics

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  • Adeonipekun Adegbenga Peter

  • Ayobami Oyelami

shagamu, nigeria, benin basin, palynology, paleoclimate, phyto-climatic zones, petm, apectodinium acme, botryococcus abundance, oshoshun formation, ma

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Palynology of Late Paleocene - Earliest Eocene Outcrop Sediments from Benin Basin, SW Nigeria: Implications for Paleoclimatology and PETM Record in the Tropics. (2015). Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, 15(17), 15-26. https://journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/

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Palynology of Late Paleocene - Earliest Eocene Outcrop Sediments from Benin Basin, SW Nigeria: Implications for Paleoclimatology and PETM Record in the Tropics

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2015-05-01

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Palynology of Late Paleocene - Earliest Eocene Outcrop Sediments from Benin Basin, SW Nigeria: Implications for Paleoclimatology and PETM Record in the Tropics. (2015). Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, 15(17), 15-26. https://journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/