A planktic foraminiferal transfer function for the southern South Atlantic Ocean

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 213-234

  Niebler, H S ^a   Gersonde, R ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic Ocean; Biogeography; Planktic foraminifera; Recent; South Atlantic; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0031790665     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(98)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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