Benthic foraminiferal evidence and paleoenvironmental evolution of Holocene coastal plains in the Aegean Sea (Greece)

Quaternary International

Volumn 261, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-117

  Koukousioura, O ^a   Triantaphyllou, M V ^a   Dimiza, M D ^a   Pavlopoulos, K ^b   Syrides, G ^c   Vouvalidis, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BENTHOS; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL PLAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FAUNA; HOLOCENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AMMONIA TEPIDA; AUBIGNYNA; ELPHIDIUM; HAYNESINA GERMANICA; MILIOLINA;

EID: 84860523382     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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