A model for improving the precision of paleobathymetric estimates: An example from the northwest Gulf of Mexico

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 263-282

  Spencer, Randall S ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORAMINIFERA; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PALAEOBATHYMETRY; PALAEOTOPOGRAPHY; TEST MORPHOLOGY;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0030222942     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-8398(95)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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