Foraminifera from the Eocene La Meseta formation of Isla Marambio (Seymour Island), Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 408-416

  Gaździcki, Andrzej ^a   Majewski, Wojciech ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Microfossils; Paleogene; West Antarctica

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOCASSIDULINA; GUTTULINA; LOBATULA; NONIONELLA;

EID: 84872251924     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095410201200020X     Document Type: Article

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