Foraminifera and paleodepths in a section of the Early to Middle Miocene Brasso Formation, Central Trinidad

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-214

  Wilson, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; FORAMINIFERA; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0141448884     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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