Foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleo-ecology of the San José Calcareous Silt Member (Manzanilla Formation) at the Forres Park landfill, central Trinidad, West Indies

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 388-392

  Wilson, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Globorotalia merotumida; Miocene; Paleodepth; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORAMINIFERA; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WORLD;

CIBICIDOIDES; CIBICIDOIDES PSEUDOUNGERIANUS; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOROTALIA; GLOBOROTALIA MEROTUMIDA; GLOBOROTALIA PSEUDOPIMA; RIMINOPSIS CARSTENSI; TEXTULARIA; TEXTULARIA SICA;

EID: 13244292226     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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