Palaeoenvironments of deposition of Neogene laminated diatom mat deposits from the eastern equatorial Pacific from studies of benthic foraminifera (sites 844, 849, 851)

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 161-177

  King, S C ^a   Murray, J W ^a   Kemp, A E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Diatom mats; Laminated; Neogene; Palaeoceanography

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; LAMINATION; MICROBIAL MAT; NEOGENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALABAMINELL; ALABAMINELL WEDDELLENSIS; ALABAMINELLA; ALABAMINELLA WEDDELLENSIS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CIBICIDES; EPISTOMINELLA EXIGUA; FORAMINIFERA; NUTTALLIDES; THALASSIOTHRIX LONGISSIMA; TORTONIA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 0032434704     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(98)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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