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Cenozoic Chronostratigraphy, Planktonic Foraminiferal Zonation and the Radiometric Time Scale

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The relationships proposed earlier between these factors are revised as a result of new dates from Pacific Coast Miocene marine stages.

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BERGGREN, W. Cenozoic Chronostratigraphy, Planktonic Foraminiferal Zonation and the Radiometric Time Scale. Nature 224, 1072–1075 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2241072a0

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