Foraminifera and paleoenvironments of the Eastover Formation (Upper Miocene, Virginia, U.S.A.)

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 300-323

  Culver, Stephen J ^a   Goshorn, Joann H ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0030305795     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.26.4.300     Document Type: Article

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