Opportunistic benthic foraminifera as indicators of eutrophicated environments. Actualistic study and comparison with the Santernian middle Tiber Valley (Central Italy)

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 193-201

  Frezza, Virgilio ^a   Bergamin, Luisa ^b   Di Bella, Letizia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Istituto Centrale per la Ricerca Scientifica Applicata al Mare (ICRAM)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actualistic model; Benthic Foraminifera; Opportunistic species; Organic flux

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; NATURAL ANALOG; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIBER VALLEY;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA; VALVULINERIA;

EID: 31944436585     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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