Modern rhodolith-dominated carbonates at Punta Chivato, Mexico;Les faciès carbonatés actuels à rhodolithes de Punta Chivato, Mexique

Geodiversitas

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-113

  Halfar, Jochen ^a   Eisele, Markus ^b   Riegl, Bernhard ^c   Hetzinger, Steffen ^a,d   Godinez Orta, Lucio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acoustic mapping; Coralline algae; Gulf of California; Rhodalgal

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 84859345968     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5252/g2012n1a6     Document Type: Article

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