High-resolution estuarine sea level cycles from the late cretaceous: Amplitude constraints using agglutinated foraminifera

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-143

  Tibert, Neil E ^a   Leckie, R Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMOBACULITES; FORAMINIFERA; MILIAMMINA; OSTRACODA; TEXTULARIA; TROCHAMMINA;

EID: 2942686020     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/0340130     Document Type: Article

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