NE Atlantic benthic foraminifera: Modern distribution patterns and palaeoecological significance

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 679-691

  Austin, W E N ^a,b   Evans, J R ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep sea sedimentation; Foraminifera; Organic carbon; Palaeoceanography

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DEEP SEA; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034028501     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.3.679     Document Type: Article

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