Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironment of foraminiferal assemblages from neogene and quaternary deep-sea sediments collected during the nautimate cruise (Pacific Ocean, off Mexico, 18°N-21°N). Geodynamic implications

Revue de Micropaleontologie

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-111

  Saint Marc, Pierre ^a   Michaud, François ^b   Mercier De Lepinay, Bernard ^a   Bourgois, Jacques ^b   Sosson, Marc ^a   Villeneuve, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Acapulco trench; Benthic foraminifera; Early Pliocene; Late Miocene; Middle bathyal Zone; Oxygen minimum zone; Pacific Ocean; Pleistocene; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEEP SEA; FORAMINIFERA; FORAMINIFERA ASSEMBLAGES; NEOGENE; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALAEOENVIRONMENTS; QUATERNARY;

PACIFIC, ACAPULCO TRENCH;

EID: 0030810545     PISSN: 00351598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-1598(97)90108-2     Document Type: Article

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