Benthic foraminiferal assemblages in the coastal environment of the northern Marmara Shelf (NW Turkey)

Micropaleontology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 495-506

  Avşar, Niyazi ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; TAXONOMY;

SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

ASTERIGERINATA MAMILLA; BRIZALINA SPATHULATA; CASSIDULINA CARINATA; ELPHIDIUM CRISPUM;

EID: 78149393210     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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