Benthic foraminifera as environmental indicators in Torres Strait-Gulf of Papua

Special Paper - Geological Association of Canada

Volumn , Issue 47, 2007, Pages 329-347

  Post, Alexandra L ^a   Sbaffi, Laura ^a   Passlow, Vicki ^a   Collins, Dylan C ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HABITAT TYPE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RELICT COMMUNITY; SHELF BREAK; TAPHONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; FLY RIVER; GREAT BARRIER REEF; GULF OF PAPUA; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; QUEENSLAND; TORRES STRAIT;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 48049095235     PISSN: 00721042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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