High benthic fertility and taphonomy of foraminifera: A case study of the Skagerrak, North Sea

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 157-175

  Alve, Elisabeth ^a   Murray, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic fertility; Benthic foraminifera; Dissolution; Opportunism; Skagerrak; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES; BENTHIC FAUNA; BENTHIC FERTILITY; DEEP SEA; DEEP SEA ENVIRONMENT; DISTRIBUTION PATTERN; FERTILITY; FORAMINIFERA; TAPHONOMY;

NORTH SEA, SKAGERRAK;

FORAMINIFERA; STAINFORTHIA; STAINFORTHIA FUSIFORMIS;

EID: 0030833165     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(97)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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