Benthic foraminiferal assemblages from current-swept carbonate platforms of the Northern Nicaraguan Rise, Caribbean Sea

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 42-50

  Peebles, Mark W ^a,b   Hallock, Pamela ^a   Hine, Albert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ST PETERSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHISTEGINA; AMPHISTEGINA GIBBOSA; DISCORBIS ROSEA; GYPSINA PLANA; MILIOLIDAE; ROSALINA; SORITIDAE;

EID: 0031288005     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.27.1.42     Document Type: Article

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