Larger foraminifera of the southeastern Mediterranean shallow continental shelf off Israel

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 169-179

  Hyams, Orit ^a   Almogi Labin, Ahuva ^b   Benjamini, Chaim ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY;

ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0038708432     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/QAE1-KTEE-2K2L-QPCH     Document Type: Article

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