Benthonic foraminiferal paleoecology across a transgressive-regressive cycle in the Brasso Formation (Early-Middle Miocene) of Central Trinidad

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 126-138

  Wilson, Brent ^a  

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

Author keywords

Brasso Formation; Foraminifera; Miocene; Sequence stratigraphy; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; PALEOECOLOGY; REGRESSION; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

BATHYSIPHON; BRIZALINA; CIBICIDES; CIBICIDES REFULGENS; FORAMINIFERA; TEXTULARIA; TEXTULARIA SP.; UVIGERINA;

EID: 2442554171     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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