Last glacial maximum deep water masses in southwestern Gulf of Mexico: Clues from benthic foraminifera

Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 453-467

  Machain Castillo, Ma Luisa ^a   Gío Argáez, F Raúl ^a   Cuesta Castillo, L Bárbara ^a   Alcalá Herrera, Javier A ^b   Gupta, Barun K Sen ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Wilhelm Ibarra Analytical Services Inc   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Last glacial maximum; Paleoceanography; Southwestern Gulf of Mexico; Water masses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893457891     PISSN: 14053322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18268/BSGM2010v62n3a9     Document Type: Article

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