Using larger foraminifers in high resolution biostratigraphy: An example from the Eocene of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern Caribbean

Palaios

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 220-229

  Robinson, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EOCENE; EULINDERINA; FORAMINIFERA; LEPIDOCYCLINIDAE; POLYLEPIDINA;

JAMAICA; ST BATHOLOMEW; USA, ALABAMA;

AMPHISTEGINA; FORAMINIFERA; LEPIDOCYCLINIDAE; POLYLEPIDINA;

EID: 0030424787     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515231     Document Type: Article

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