The distribution of contemporary intertidal foraminifera at Cowpen Marsh, Tees Estuary, UK: Implications for studies of Holocene sea-level changes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 127-149

  Horton, B P ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Intertidal; Sea level change; Taphonomy; Tees Estuary

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033151827     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00197-7     Document Type: Article

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