Evidence of a high-productivity area off the coast of Malaga from studies of diatoms in surface sediments

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 91-103

  Barcena M A ^a   Abrantes, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Geological Services of Portugal   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Palaeoceanography; Recent; Surface sediments; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY;

SPAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOCEROS; PARALIA SULCATA; THALASSIONEMA NITZSCHIOIDES;

EID: 0343401298     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(98)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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