Characterization of lowest oxygen environments within ancient upwelling environments: Benthic foraminifera assemblages

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 289, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 134-144

  Ashckenazi Polivoda, Sarit ^a,b   Edelman Furstenberg, Yael ^b   Almogi Labin, Ahuva ^b   Benjamini, Chaim ^a,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Benthic foraminifera; Dysoxia; Organic rich carbonates; Southern Tethys; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CAMPANIAN; DOMINANCE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POREWATER; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; UPWELLING;

ISRAEL;

FORAMINIFERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77949492819     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.02.028     Document Type: Article

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