The Quilon Limestone, Kerala Basin, India: An archive for Miocene Indo-Pacific seagrass beds

Lethaia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-86

  Reuter, Markus ^a   Piller, Werner E ^a   Harzhauser, Mathias ^b   Kroh, Andreas ^b   Rögl, Fred ^b   Ćorić, Stjepan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^c ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACIES; FAUNA; FLORA; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL; LIMESTONE; MIOCENE; NANOPLANKTON; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

INDIA; KERALA; QUILON;

BRYOZOA; FORAMINIFERA; GASTROPODA; SMARAGDIA;

EID: 79551584744     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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