Controlling factors of coccolith distribution in surface sediments of the china seas: Marginal sea nannofossil assemblages revisited

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 155-172

  Cheng, Xinrong ^a   Wang, Pinxian ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China seas; Controlling factor; Marginal sea; Nannofossil assemblage; Surface sediment

Indexed keywords

COCCOLITH DISTRIBUTION; COCCOLITHS; FOSSIL ASSMEBLAGES; MARGINAL SEAS; NANNOFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NANNOFOSSILS; SURFACE SEDIMENT; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

EAST CHINA SEA; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0030687482     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(97)00018-2     Document Type: Article

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