Late Oligocene-Miocene paleoceanographic evolution of the southeastern Indian Ocean: Evidence from deep-sea benthic foraminifera (ODP Site 757)

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 153-170

  Singh, Raj K ^a   Gupta, Anil K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Late Oligocene; Miocene; Southeastern Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MIOCENE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 4744351305     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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