Changes in bryozoan assemblages and bathymetric variations. Examples from the Messinian of northwest Algeria

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 305-326

  Moissette, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Algeria; Bryozoans; Cenozoic; Miocene; Palaeobathymetry; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; MESSINIAN; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ALGERIA;

BRYOZOA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034650349     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00124-8     Document Type: Article

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