A preliminary analysis on the distribution patterns of recent surface-sediment planktonic foraminifers and of upper-layer ocean environments in the South China Sea

Journal of the Geological Society of China

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-72

  Ho, Hung Wen ^a   Chen, Min Te ^a   Zheng, Lianfu ^b   Huang, Chi Yue ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0344043335     PISSN: 10187057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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