Coral associations of the Pleistocene Ironshore Formation, Grand Cayman

Coral Reefs

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 249-267

  Hunter, I G ^a,b   Jones, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL; IRONSHORE FORMATION; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE IRONSHORE FORMATION; REEF;

CAYMAN ISLANDS, GRAND CAYMAN;

EID: 0030302538     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01787459     Document Type: Article

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