Deep-sea faunal provinces and their inferred environments in the Indian Ocean based on distribution of Recent benthic foraminifera

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 291, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 429-442

  De, Soma ^a   Gupta, Anil K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Indian Ocean; Organic flux; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON FLUX; CENSUS; COLD WATER; DEEP SEA; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WATER DEPTH;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

BOLIVINITA; BULIMINA ACULEATA; BULIMINA ALAZANENSIS; CASSIDULINA CARINATA; CASSIDULINA LAEVIGATA; CIBICIDES WUELLERSTORFI; EHRENBERGINA; EPISTOMINELLA EXIGUA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOCASSIDULINA SUBGLOBOSA; GYROIDINA; GYROIDINOIDES; LENTICULINA; NUTTALLIDES UMBONIFERA; ORIDORSALIS UMBONATUS; PULLENIA; PULLENIA BULLOIDES; PYRGO MURRHANA; UVIGERINA PEREGRINA; UVIGERINA PROBOSCIDEA;

EID: 78449249879     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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