Benthic foraminifera in Adventfjorden, Svalbard: Last 50 years of local hydrograpic changes

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-124

  Majewski, Wojciech ^a   Zajaczkowski, Marek ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CORE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TAXONOMY;

ADVENTFJORDEN; ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

AMMOTIUM CASSIS; CRIBROELPHIDIUM; FORAMINIFERA; RECURVOIDES TURBINATUS; SPIROPLECTAMMINA;

EID: 34248641679     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.37.2.107     Document Type: Article

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