Benthic foraminiferal faunas and trophic regimes at the terminal cretaceous tethyan seafloor

Palaios

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 354-371

  Widmark, Joen G V ^a   Speijer, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLIVINOIDES; BULIMINA; CIBICIDOIDES; DRACO; EOUVIGERINA; EOUVIGERINA SUBSCULPTURA; FORAMINIFERA; GAVELINELLA; GAVELINELLA BECCARIIFORMIS; GAVELINELLA PERTUSA; NUTTALLIDES; NUTTALLIDES TRUEMPYI; SLITERIA; SLITERIA VARSOVIENSIS;

CRETACEOUS; FORAMINIFERAL; PALAEOCEANGRAPHY;

EID: 0031399507     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515335     Document Type: Article

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