Foraminifera

Handbook of Sea-Level Research

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 191-217

  Edwards, Robin ^a   Wright, Alex ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agglutinated; Benthic; Calcareous; Environmental variable; Intertidal; Laboratory methods; Mangrove; Modern analogues; Palaeomarsh surface elevation; Saltmarsh

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATED; BENTHIC; CALCAREOUS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; INTERTIDAL; LABORATORY METHODS; MANGROVE; MODERN ANALOGUES; SALT MARSHES; SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 84977073910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118452547.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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