Deep-sea benthic foraminiferal record of the mid-Pleistocene transition in the SW Pacific

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 247, Issue , 2005, Pages 85-115

  Hayward, Bruce W ^a   Grenfell, Hugh R ^a   Sabaa, Ashwaq T ^a   Sikes, Elizabeth ^b  

^a Geomarine Research   (New Zealand)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

ABDITODENTRIX PSEUDOTHALMANNI; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 31344460161     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.247.01.05     Document Type: Article

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