Modern warm-temperate and subtropical shallow-water benthic foraminifera of the southern Gulf of California, Mexico

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-329

  Halfar, Jochen ^a   Ingle Jr , James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHISORUS HEMPRICHII; BUCCELLA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FORAMINIFERA; GAVELINOPSIS; GYPSINA; GYPSINA VESICULARIS; HAPLOPHRAGMOIDES; MILIOLINA; OOLINA; OOLINA MELO; PENEROPLIS; PENEROPLIS PERTUSUS; QUINQUELOCULINA; SPHAEROGYPSINA GLOBULUS;

EID: 0942269728     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/0330309     Document Type: Article

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