Intertidal mangrove foraminifera from the central Great Barrier Reef Shelf, Australia: Implications for sea-level reconstruction

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-270

  Woodroffe, Sarah A ^a   Horton, Ben P ^b   Larcombe, Piers ^c   Whittaker, John E ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; MANGROVE; NATURAL ANALOG; SEA LEVEL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GREAT BARRIER REEF; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); AMMOTIUM; FORAMINIFERA; HAPLOPHRAGMOIDES; MILIAMMINA FUSCA; PSYCHODIDAE; THEOBROMA CACAO; TROCHAMMINA INFLATA;

EID: 23844449085     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/35.3.259     Document Type: Review

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