Late Quaternary foraminiferal assemblages from western Ross Sea (Antarctica) in relation to the main glacial and marine lithofacies

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 39-53

  Melis, R ^a   Salvi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

foraminifers; glacial influence; glacial marine and marine sediments; taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LITHOFACIES; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TAPHONOMY; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; WATER MASS;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CIBICIDES; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOCASSIDULINA; MILIAMMINA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA; TRIFARINA ANGULOSA;

EID: 58149316007     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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