Effect of river discharge on the test morphology of benthic foraminifera, southeast coast of India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 435-439

  Jayaraju, N ^a   Reddi, K R ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

East Coast; Foraminifera; India; Palaeontology

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; MONSOON; RIVER DISCHARGE; TEST MORPHOLOGY;

INDIA;

EID: 0031433743     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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