Impact of storms on Pliocene benthic foraminiferal assemblages of southwestern Spain

Ameghiniana

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-360

  González Regalado, María Luz ^a   Ruiz, Francisco ^a   Abad, Manuel ^a   Civis, Jorge ^b   González Delgado, José Ángel ^e   Muñoz, Juan Manuel ^c   García, Edith Xio Mara ^d   Pendón, José Gabriel ^a   Toscano, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Lower Pliocene; Storms; SW Spain

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; FACIES; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STORM;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADALQUIVIR BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 70349841373     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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