Distribution of recent benthic foraminifera along continental slope of the Sunda Shelf (South China Sea)

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 41-59

  Szarek, Renata ^a   Kuhnt, Wolfgang ^b   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^c   Nishi, Hiroshi ^c  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep sea benthic foraminifera; Diversity; South China Sea; Sunda Shelf; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON FLUX; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSFER FUNCTION; WATER DEPTH;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SUNDA SHELF;

CIBICIDOIDES ROBERTSONIANUS; FORAMINIFERA; LAGENAMMINA DIFFLUGIFORMIS; NUTTALLIDES; SIPHOTEXTULARIA; UVIGERINA AUBERIANA; UVIGERINA PEREGRINA;

EID: 62549148988     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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