Late cretaceous foraminifera, paleoenvironments, and paleoceanography of the rosario formation, San Antonio del Mar, Baja California, Mexico

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-191

  Maestas, Yvette ^a,b   MacLeod, Kenneth G ^c   Douglas, Robert ^d   Self Trail, Jean ^e   Ward, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOTRUNCANA; MOLLUSCA; RUGOGLOBIGERINA;

EID: 0141613577     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/33.3.179     Document Type: Article

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