Benthic foraminiferal associations in the Northern Bay of Safaga, Red Sea, Egypt

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 185-210

  Haunold, Thomas G ^a   Baal, Christian ^a   Piller, Werner E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

carbonate; ecology; foraminifera; Holocene; Red Sea; sediments

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGE; BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES; BENTHOS; CARBONATE; CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; PALAEOECOLOGY; SUBSTRATE;

EGYPT, BAY OF SAFAGA; RED SEA;

EID: 0031060964     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(96)00031-X     Document Type: Article

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