The use of Jadammina macrescens (Brady) and Balticammina pseudomacrescens Bronnimann, Lutze and Whittaker (Protozoa: Foraminiferida) as sea-level indicators

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 89-101

  Gehrels, W Roland ^a   Van De Plassche, Orson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Connecticut; Foraminifera; Maine; Palaeoecology; Saltmarsh; Sea level; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; FORAMINIFERA; SEA LEVEL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033152880     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00194-1     Document Type: Article

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