The environmental significance of Archaias angulatus (Miliolida, Foraminifera) in sediments around Nevis, West Indies

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-23

  Wilson, Brent ^a  

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

Author keywords

Archaias; Dysoxia; Foraminifera; Glauconite; West Indies

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; GLAUCONITE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERAL ALTERATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; NEVIS; SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS;

ARCHAIAS ANGULATUS; FORAMINIFERA; MILIOLINA;

EID: 33745491812     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: 00086452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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