Soft-shelled benthic foraminifera from a hadal site (7800 m water depth) in the Atacama Trench (SE Pacific): Preliminary observations

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-135

  Sabbatini, Anna ^a   Morigi, Caterina ^a   Negri, Alessandra ^a   Gooday, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALLOGROMIIDAE; ATACAMA; FORAMINIFERA; SACCAMMINIDAE;

EID: 0036975921     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.21.2.131     Document Type: Article

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