Distribution of recent benthic foraminifera in a subarctic fjord-delta: Tana, Norway

Marine Geology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 113-125

  Corner, Geoffrey D ^a   Steinsund, Per Ivar ^a   Aspeli, Roald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Delta; Fjord; Norway

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; DELTA; DISTRIBUTION; FJORD; FJORD-DELTA; FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENTATION;

NORWAY, TANA;

EID: 0030222666     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00039-4     Document Type: Article

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