Benthic foraminiferal biofacies in temperate carbonate sediment in the western Pontine Archipelago (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-326

  Frezza, Virgilio ^a   Pignatti, Johannes S ^a   Matteucci, Ruggero ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOCLASTIC SEDIMENT; BIOFACIES; BRYOZOAN; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIPHYTE; LITHOFACIES; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; QUATERNARY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RHODOLITH;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

ASTERIGERINATA; BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; BULIMINA; CASSIDULINA CARINATA; ECHINOIDA; ELPHIDIUM; FORAMINIFERA; GASTROPODA; LOBATULA; LOBATULA LOBATULA; ROSALINA; UVIGERINA; UVIGERINA MEDITERRANEA;

EID: 77958469450     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.40.4.313     Document Type: Article

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