Spatial and temporal distribution of foraminifera in sediments off the central west coast of India and use of their test morphologies for the reconstruction of paleomonsoonal precipitation

Micropaleontology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 285-303

  Nigam, Rajiv ^a   Khare, Neloy ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b Antarctic Study Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; KALI RIVER MOUTH;

EID: 0033378491     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1486138     Document Type: Article

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