Palaeoceanographic significance of recent foraminiferal biofacies on the southern shelf of Western Australia: A preliminary study

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 101-120

  Li, Qianyu ^a   James, Noel P ^b   Bone, Yvonne ^a   McGowran, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Great Australian Bight; Leeuwin Current; Southern Australia

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

AMPHISORUS; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES TRILOBUS; GLOBOROTALIA INFLATA; GLOBOROTALIA MENARDII; HETEROSTEGINA; MARGINOPORA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA DUTERTREI; TOBRILUS;

EID: 0033104939     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00150-3     Document Type: Article

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