Foraminiferal biodiversity and Holocene evolution of the Phetchaburi coastal area (Thailand Gulf)

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 94-115

  Melis, Romana ^a   Violanti, Donata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Holocene; Paleoenvironment; Shallow water foraminifers; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; DELTA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FORAMINIFERA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOLOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; ASIA; EASTERN CAPE; EURASIA; PHETCHABURI; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; THAILAND;

AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); AMMONIA TEPIDA; FORAMINIFERA; GAUDRYINA EXILIS; MILIOLINA; MILIOLINELLA; MURRAYINELLA;

EID: 33749247590     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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