Ostracodes and agglutinated foraminifera as indicators of paleoenvironmental change in an Early Carboniferous Brackish Bay, Atlantic Canada

Palaios

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 246-260

  Tibert, Neil E ^a   Scott, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORAMINIFERA; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

CANADA;

BAIRDIA SP.; CARBONIFEROUS; CAVELLINA; CHAMISHAELLA; FORAMINIFERA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; OSTRACODA; PARAPARCHITACEA; TROCHAMMINA SP.;

EID: 0033150802     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515437     Document Type: Article

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