Late pleistocene-holocene distribution of deep-sea benthic foraminifera in the South China Sea and Sulu Sea: Paleoceanographic implications

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-23

  Miao, Qingmin ^a   Thunell, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEEP WATER; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE FAUNA; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE (LATE);

SOUTH CHINA SEA; SULU SEA;

EID: 0029690837     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.26.1.9     Document Type: Article

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