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Contents, Cretaceous Biostratigraphy of Northern South America

Chapter 1: Macrofossil biozonation and chronostratigraphy of the Albian-Santonian
  1. Introduction
      Location of sections
      Methodology
  2. Biostratigraphic potential of inoceramids and ammonites
  3. Concepts of stage and substage boundaries
  4. Taphonomy and diagenesis: controls on abundance and simple diversity of macrofossils
      Concretion levels
  5. Ammonite and inoceramid biostratigraphy of the Albian to Santonian of Colombia
      Albian stage
      Cenomanian stage
      Cenomanian-Turonian boundary interval
      Turonian stage
      Turonian-Coniacian boundary interval
      Coniacian stage
      Santonian stage
  6. Conclusions
  7. References
Chapter 2: Lower Albian to Santonian foraminifer and radiolarian biostratigraphy of northwest South America: An integrated new microfossil-ammonite chronostratigraphy
  1. Introduction
  2. Foraminifer biostratigraphy with remarks
      Albian
      Cenomanian
      Cenomanian-Turonian boundary interval Turonian
      Turonian-Coniacian boundary interval
      T-C boundary of Colombia
      Foraminiferal population analyses
      Coniacian
      Santonian
  3. Radiolarian biostratigraphy with remarks
      Albian
      Cenomanian
      Turonian-Santonian
  4. Interpretation of paleoecology
  5. Discussion
  6. Conclusions
  7. References
APPENDIX 1: Ammonite and foraminifer biostratigraphic distribution based on literature compilation, MS-Excel data base, and Ammonite/Foraminifer bibliography.

APPENDIX 2: High-resolution analysis of the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary in Colombia: Evidence for sea-level rise, condensation and upwelling.

APPENDIX 3: Two new species of the bivalve Anomia from Colombia and Venezuela and the importance of the genus in recognition of the base of the Turonian.


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