Contemporary foraminiferal distributions of a mangrove environment, Great Barrier Reef coastline, Australia: Implications for sea-level reconstructions

Marine Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 225-243

  Horton, B P ^a   Larcombe, P ^b,d   Woodroffe, S A ^a   Whittaker, J E ^c   Wright, M R ^a   Wynn, C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Foraminifera; Great Barrier Reef; Mangroves; Sea level changes; Transfer functions

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OCEAN HABITATS; STATISTICAL TESTS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

MANGROVE ENVIRONMENTS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FORAMINIFERA; MANGROVE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AUSTRALIA; COCOA CREEK; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

AMMONIA TEPIDA; ELPHIDIUM DISCOIDALE; MILIAMMINA FUSCA; TROCHAMMINA INFLATA;

EID: 0038608637     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00117-8     Document Type: Article

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