Foraminifera of Langebaan Lagoon salt marsh and their application to the interpretation of late Pleistocene depositional environments at Monwabisi, False Bay coast, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 285-296

  Franceschini, Giuliana ^a,b   McMillan, Ian K ^c   Compton, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Sakawe Mining Corporation   (Namibia)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; FALSE BAY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE; WORLD;

AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); AMMONIA PARKINSONIANA; ELPHIDIUM; ELPHIDIUM ARTICULATUM; FORAMINIFERA; JADAMMINA MACRESCENS; JAPONICA; QUINQUELOCULINA SP.; TROCHAMMINA INFLATA;

EID: 22244473985     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/108.2.285     Document Type: Article

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