Fractal grain distribution in agglutinated foraminifera

Paleobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 349-358

  Allen, Kathryn ^a   Roberts, Stephen ^a   Murray, John W ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLAMMINA CANCELLATA; FORAMINIFERA; HORMOSINA;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE;

EID: 0032415178     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373-24.3.349     Document Type: Article

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