Foraminiferal assemblages and the confinement index as tools for assessment of saline intrusion and human impact in the Mekong Delta and neighbouring areas (Vietnam)

Revue de Micropaleontologie

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 74-85

  Debenay, Jean Pierre ^a   Luan, Bui Thi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Confinement index; Environmental assessment; Estuary; Foraminifera; Saline intrusion; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; SALINE INTRUSION;

AFRICA; ASIA; DELTA; EURASIA; NIGERIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VIET NAM; WEST AFRICA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 33745170711     PISSN: 00351598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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