Miocene deep water agglutinated foraminifera from offshore: Krishna-Godavari Basin, India

Micropaleontology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-252

  Govindan, Abiraman ^a  

^a Asian Biostratigraphic Services   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; MICROFOSSIL; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; KRISHNA-GODAVARI BASIN; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ALVEOLOPHRAGMIUM INDICUM; CYCLAMMINA; FORAMINIFERA; LIEBUSELLA; LIEBUSELLA KRISHNA;

EID: 12744273670     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/50.3.213     Document Type: Review

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