Benthic foraminifera of the Holocene transgressive west-central Florida inner shelf: Paleoenvironmental implications

Marine Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 263-272

  Hill, Tessa M ^a,d   Brooks, Gregg R ^a   Duncan, David S ^b   Medioli, Franco S ^c  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier shorelines; Benthic foraminifera; Gulf of Mexico; Holocene climate change

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BARRIER ISLAND; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TRANSGRESSION;

FLORIDA; FLORIDA SHELF; GULF COAST; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

AMMONIA; ELPHIDIUM;

EID: 0141523017     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00186-5     Document Type: Article

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