Benthonic foraminiferal paleoecology indicates an oxygen minimum zone and allochthonous, inner neritic assemblage in the Brasso formation (Middle Miocene) at St. Fabien quarry, Trinida, West Indies

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-235

  Wilson, Brent ^a  

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

Author keywords

Epiphytal foraminifera; Hurricane; Oxygen minimum zone; Seagrass; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BATHYAL ZONE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HURRICANE; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

AMPHISTEGINA GIBBOSA; BOLIVINA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOROTALIA FOHSI; PLANORBULINELLA; QUINQUELOCULINA LAMARCKIANA;

EID: 54349095396     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v44i2.a11     Document Type: Article

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