Comparisons of the ecology and stable isotopic compositions of living (stained) benthic foraminifera from the Sulu and South China Seas

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1617-1646

  Rathburn, A E ^a,c   Corliss, B H ^a   Tappa, K D ^a   Lohmann, K C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; ECOLOGY; FORAMINIFERA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

SOUTH CHINA SEA; SULU SEA;

EID: 0030265365     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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