Marine paleoenvironments of miocene-Pliocene formations of north-Central falcon state, Venezuela

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-282

  Smith, Carly J ^a   Collins, Laurel S ^a   Jaramillo, Carlos ^b   Quiroz, Luiz I ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MARINE RECORD; MIOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; PRESERVATION; SHELF DYNAMICS;

FALCON; URUMACO; VENEZUELA;

FALCONIDAE; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77954928776     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.40.3.266     Document Type: Article

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