Benthonic foraminiferal paleoecology of the Brasso Formation (Globorotalia fohsi lobata and Globorotalia fohsi robusta [N11-N12] Zones), Trinidad, West Indies: A transect through an oxygen minimum zone

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-98

  Wilson, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Brizalina; Foraminifera; Oxygen minimum zone; SE Caribbean; Uvigerina

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PALEOECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEAFLOOR; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

BRIZALINA; BRIZALINA SUBAENARIENSIS; CASSIDULINA LAEVIGATA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOCASSIDULINA SUBGLOBOSA; GLOBOROTALIA FOHSI; LOBATA; SIPHONINA; UVIGERINA;

EID: 33847210349     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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