Correlation of Virgulinella fragilis Grindell & Collen (benthic foraminiferid) with near-anoxia in Aso-kai Lagoon, central Japan

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-167

  Takata, Hiroyuki ^a   Seto, Koji ^a   Sakai, Saburo ^b   Tanaka, Satoshi ^c   Takayasu, Katsumi ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aso kai Lagoon; Hydrography; Near anoxia; Oxygen deficiency; Virgulinella fragilis

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; MICROFOSSIL; OXYGENATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); FORAMINIFERA; TROCHAMMINA; VIRGULINELLA FRAGILIS;

EID: 27344435243     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.24.2.159     Document Type: Article

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