Palaeoecological and ichnological significance of microborings in quaternary foraminifera

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Svensson Nielsen, Kurt Søren ^a   Nielsen, Jan Kresten ^b   Granville Bromley, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Foraminifera; Ichnology; Ichnotaxonomy; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 3042595835     PISSN: 10948074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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