Benthic foraminifera assemblage change along the southeastern Mediterranean inner shelf due to fall-off of Nile-derived siliciclastics

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-344

  Hyams Kaphzan, Orit ^a,b   Almogi Labin, Ahuva ^a,c   Sivan, Dorit ^a,d   Benjamini, Chaim ^a,b,e  

^a Ben Gurion University of the Negev ^*

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^e Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Israel; Levantine province; Nilotic province

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; WATER DEPTH;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 46649121671     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2008/0248-0315     Document Type: Article

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