Marginal marine foraminifera of the Blackhawk Formation (Late Cretaceous, Utah)

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-64

  Johnson, Kimberly A ^a   Culver, Stephen J ^b   Kamola, Diane L ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FORAMINIFERA; MICROPALEONTOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14544305066     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/35.1.50     Document Type: Article

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