Peyssonnelid rhodoliths from the late Pleistocene Ironshore formation, Grand Cayman, British West Indies

Palaios

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 212-224

  Hills, David J ^a,b   Jones, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Canadian Discovery Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCRUSTING ORGANISM; PLEISTOCENE; RED ALGA; REEF; RHODOLITH;

CAYMAN ISLANDS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; FORAMINIFERA; HYDROLITHON; LITHOPHYLLUM; LITHOPORELLA; LITHOTHAMNIUM; NEOGONIOLITHON; PEYSSONNELIA; PEYSSONNELIA RUBRA; POROLITHON; RHODOPHYTA; SERPULIDAE;

EID: 0034210554     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2000)015<0212:PRFTLP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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