Morphological, geochemical, and ecological differences of the extant menardiform planktonic foraminifera Globorotalia menardii and Globorotalia cultrata

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 96-107

  Regenberg, Marcus ^a   Nielsen, Sven N ^a   Kuhnt, Wolfgang ^a   Holbourn, Ann ^a   Garbe Schönberg, Dieter ^a   Andersen, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C values; 18O values; Calcification temperature calibration; Globorotalia cultrata; Globorotalia menardii; Mg Ca ratios; Mixed layer temperature; Morphometrics; Thermocline temperature

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIXED LAYER; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLIOCENE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY; THERMOCLINE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOROTALIA CULTRATA; GLOBOROTALIA MENARDII;

EID: 77649271386     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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