Cluster analysis of recent benthic foraminifera from the northwestern Mediterranean coast of Egypt;Analyse d'ensemble de foraminifères benthiques actuels de la ct̂oe nord-ouest méditerranéenne de l'Egypte

Revue de Micropaleontologie

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-130

  Samir, Ashraf Mohamed ^a   Abdou, Hosny Farid ^a   Zazou, Samiha Mahmoud ^b   El Menhawey, Wafaa Hashem ^b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Ecology; Egypt; Northwest Mediterranean; Recent

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY;

EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN COAST;

ADELOSINA; ADELOSINA LAEVIGATA; ALGAE; AMMONIA BECCARII; AMMONIA TEPIDA; AMPHISTEGINA; FORAMINIFERA; PENEROPLIS; QUINQUELOCULINA; TRILOCULINA; TRILOCULINA TRIGONULA;

EID: 0345254925     PISSN: 00351598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-1598(03)00018-7     Document Type: Article

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