Modern salt-marsh and tidal-flat foraminifera from Sitkinak and Simeonof Islands, Southwestern Alaska

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-98

  Kemp, Andrew C ^a,b   Engelhart, Simon E ^b,c   Culver, Stephen J ^d   Nelson, Alan ^e   Briggs, Richard W ^e   Haeussler, Peter J ^f  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FORAMINIFERA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECONSTRUCTION; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TIDAL FLAT;

ALASKA; SHUMAGIN ISLANDS; TRINITY ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873932382     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.43.1.88     Document Type: Article

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