Evidence for calcification depth change of Globorotalia truncatulinoides between deglaciation and Holocene in the Western Atlantic Ocean

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 57-61

  Cléroux, Caroline ^a   Lynch Stieglitz, Jean ^a   Schmidt, Matthew W ^b   Cortijo, Elsa ^c   Duplessy, Jean Claude ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Calcification depth; Deep dwelling foraminifera; Deglaciation; Florida Straits

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCIFICATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST DEGLACIATION; MELTWATER; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SHALLOW WATER; WATER COLUMN;

STRAITS OF FLORIDA;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOROTALIA TRUNCATULINOIDES;

EID: 70349152591     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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