Foraminiferal biofacies on the mid-latitude Lincoln Shelf, South Australia: Oceanographic and sedimentological implications

Marine Geology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 285-312

  Li, Qianyu ^a   McGowran, Brian ^a   James, Noel P ^b   Bone, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFACIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE ASSEMBLAGE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHELF SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, LINCOLN SHELF; INDIAN OCEAN, LINCOLN SHELF;

EID: 0029751053     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)83349-4     Document Type: Article

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