Benthic foraminiferal response to variations in surface water productivity and oxygenation in the northern Arabian Sea

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 43-66

  Den Dulk, M ^a   Reichart, G J ^a   Memon, G M ^b   Roelofs, E M P ^a   Zachariasse, W J ^a   Van Der Zwaan, G J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute of Oceanography Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Benthic foraminifera; Monsoon; Oxygen Minimum Zone; Palaeoproductivity; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OXYGENATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; QUATERNARY;

BOLIVINIDAE; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBIGERINA FALCONENSIS; PTEROPODA; ROTALIATINOPSIS; ROTALIATINOPSIS SEMINVOLUTA;

EID: 0031787929     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(98)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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