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PALEOCENE [2 records]

Record 1 2005-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Petrography
  • Geology
DEF

An epoch of the upper Tertiary period, after the Gulfian of the Cretaceous period and before the Eocene; also, the corresponding worldwide series of rocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Partie inférieure du système éocène.

OBS

Elle va de -65 à -55 millions d'années environ. Elle comprend les étages montien, landénien, yprésien.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cronología
  • Petrografía
  • Geología
DEF

Período de la Era Terciaria de duración de 11 millones de años hasta hace 54 millones de años.

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Record 2 2005-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
CONT

Paleocene to Oligocene volcanic and sedimentary rocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
CONT

Roches volcaniques et sédimentaires du Paléocène-Oligocène.

Spanish

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