Mid-Pleistocene extinction of bathyal benthic foraminifera in the Caribbean Sea

Micropaleontology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-265

  Hayward, Bruce W ^a   Kawagata, Shungo ^a   Grenfell, Hugh R ^a   Droxler, Andre W ^b   Shearer, Michelle ^b  

^a Geomarine Research   (New Zealand)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; PLEISTOCENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA; PTEROPODA;

EID: 33748637617     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsmicropal.52.3.245     Document Type: Article

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