Deep-water changes: The near-synchronous disappearance of a group of benthic foraminifera from the Late Miocene Mediterranean

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 259-281

  Kouwenhoven, T J ^a   Seidenkrantz, M S ^b   Van Der Zwaan, G J ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Late Miocene; Mediterranean; Paleoecology; Salinity crisis; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEEP WATER; EXTINCTION; MESSINIAN; MIOCENE; SALINITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0033199679     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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