Benthic foraminiferal successions across Late Quaternary Mediterranean sapropels

Marine Geology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 91-101

  Jorissen, Frans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Late Quaternary; Mediterranean; Sapropel

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEEP WATER VENTILATION; OXYGENATION; PALEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SAPROPEL; SUCCESSION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032944008     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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