Foraminiferal sequence eco-biostratigraphy of the Middle-Early Late Miocene, Potamos Section from Gavdos Island, Greece

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 249, 2004, Pages 29-43

  Drinia, H ^a   Antonarakou, A ^a   Tsaparas, N ^a   Dermitzakis, M D ^a   Doukas, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Miocene; Productivity; Sea level

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; MIOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UPWELLING;

CRETE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GAVDOS; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BOLIVINA; CIBICIDES; FORAMINIFERA; UVIGERINA;

EID: 10344231469     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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