Foraminiferal biofacies of the miocene warm to cool climatic transition in the port phillip basin, southeastern Australia

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 294-307

  Gourley, Tiffany L ^a   Gallagher, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFACIES; FORAMINIFERA; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; PORT PHILLIP BAY; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

FORAMINIFERA; ORBULINA;

EID: 11344287928     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/34.4.294     Document Type: Article

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