From living communities to fossil assemblages: Origin and fate of coccolithophores in the northern Arabian Sea

Micropaleontology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 5-21

  Andruleit, Harald ^a   Rogalla, Ulf ^a   Stäger, Sabine ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCCOLITH; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NATURAL ANALOG; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEASONALITY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

HAPTOPHYCEAE; LAMIINAE;

EID: 12544252602     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/50.Suppl_1.5     Document Type: Article

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