Earlier (late Pliocene) first appearance of the Caribbean reef-building coral Acropora palmata: Stratigraphic and evolutionary implications

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 891-894

  McNeill, Donald F ^a   Budd, Ann F ^b   Borne, Pamela F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REEFS; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

ACCUMULATION RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FAUNAL TURNOVER; LATE PLIOCENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GLACIATIONS; PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL; SEALEVEL CHANGE; TRANSITION PHASE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CORAL REEF; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; REEF FORMATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

BAHAMAS; COSTA RICA; ISTHMUS OF PANAMA; LIMON; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84879881409     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0891:ELPFAO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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