Variation of benthic foraminiferal assemblages in different microenvironments along the shore zone north of the Rabigh Coast, eastern Red Sea, Saudi Arabia

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 3, 1996, Pages 129-139

  Abou Auf, M A ^a,b  

^a King Abdul Aziz University ^*

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHISTEGINA; CALCARINA; FORAMINIFERA; MILIOLINA; PENEROPLIS; ROTALIINA; SORITES; TRILOCULINA;

EID: 0942275167     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/1996/1996/129     Document Type: Article

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