Recent foraminiferal assemblages from mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments of southern Somalia and eastern Kenya

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-65

  Pignatti, Johannes ^a   Frezza, Virgilio ^a   Benedetti, Andrea ^a   Carbone, Federico ^a   Accordi, Giovanni ^a   Matteucci, Ruggero ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifers; Eastern Africa coast; Indian Ocean; Mixed sediments; Recent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857607177     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2011.22     Document Type: Article

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