Mangrove swamp foraminifera, indicators of sea level or paleoclimate?

Revue de Paleobiologie

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 567-574

  Debenay, Jean Pierre ^a   Guiral, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; French Guiana; Mangrove swamps; Sea level; Seasonal changes

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 34248206697     PISSN: 02536730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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