Composition, distribution,and taphonomy of nearshore benthic foraminifera of the Farasan Islands,southern red sea,Saudiarabia

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-362

  Abu Zied, Ramadan H ^a,b   Bantan, Rashad A ^a   Basaham, Ali S ^a   Mamoney, Mohamed H E L ^a   Al Washmi, Hamad A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOEROSION; COASTAL LAGOON; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAGRASS; SYMBIONT; TAPHONOMY;

FARASAN ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; JIZAN [SAUDI ARABIA]; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

ALGAE; AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); COSCINOSPIRA HEMPRICHII; ELPHIDIUM; FORAMINIFERA; NEOROTALIA CALCAR; PENEROPLIS PLANATUS; QUINQUELOCULINA SP.; SORITES ORBICULUS;

EID: 84863848858     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.41.4.349     Document Type: Article

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