Late Quaternary oceanographic changes in the eastern Arabian Sea: Evidence from planktic foraminifera and pteropods

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-212

  Singh, A D ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian sea; Micropaleontology; Paleoceanography; Planktic foraminifera; Pteropods; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0032453762     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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