Modern intertidal foraminifera of the outer banks, North Carolina, U.S.A., and their applicability for sea-level studies

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1110-1125

  Horton, Benjamin P ^a   Culver, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microfossils; Relative sea level; Saltmarsh; Vertical zonation

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROFOSSIL; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIDE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND FORCING; ZONATION;

CURRITUCK BANKS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; OREGON INLET; PEA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AMMOBACULITES; AMMOBACULITES CRASSUS; AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); AMMONIA PARKINSONIANA; ARENOPARRELLA MEXICANA; ELPHIDIUM EXCAVATUM; FORAMINIFERA; HAYNESINA GERMANICA; JADAMMINA MACRESCENS; MILIAMMINA FUSCA; PISUM SATIVUM; TROCHAMMINA INFLATA;

EID: 53549119946     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08A-0004.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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