Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleo-ecology of the Brasso Formation (Middle Miocene) at St. Fabien Quarry, Trinidad, West Indies

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 797-803

  Wilson, Brent ^a  

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

Author keywords

Brasso Formation; Globigerina praebulloides; Miocene; Trinidad; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORAMINIFERA; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; UPWELLING;

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

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA PRAEBULLOIDES; GLOBOROTALIA;

EID: 31344452407     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: 00086452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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