Marine connections of Amazonia: Evidence from foraminifera and dinoflagellate cysts (early to middle Miocene, Colombia/Peru)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 417, Issue , 2015, Pages 176-194

  Boonstra, M ^a   Ramos, M I F ^b   Lammertsma, E I ^a   Antoine, P O ^c   Hoorn, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Marginal marine; Marine palynomorphs; Micropaleontology; Neogene; Pebas

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; CYST; DINOFLAGELLATE; FORAMINIFERA; FRESHWATER; HETEROGENEITY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MIOCENE; PALYNOMORPH; PLEISTOCENE; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMAZONIA;

DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84911370001     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.10.032     Document Type: Article

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