Benthic foraminifera from the diatomaceous mud belt off Namibia: Characteristic species for severe anoxia

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Leiter, Carola ^a   Altenbach, Alexander V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Benguela current; Inner shelf; Sulfidic; Virgulinella fragilis

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DIATOMITE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; THANATOCENOSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; NAMIBIA;

BOLIVINA PACIFICA; FORAMINIFERA; FURSENKOINA FUSIFORMIS; NONIONELLA STELLA; VIRGULINELLA FRAGILIS;

EID: 78149244930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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