100 Years of benthic foraminiferal history on the inner Texas shelf inferred from fauna and stable isotopes: Preliminary results from two cores

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-97

  Strauss, Josiah ^a,b   Grossman, Ethan L ^b   Carlin, Joseph A ^b   Dellapenna, Timothy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal processes; Foraminifera; Gulf of Mexico; Hypoxia; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORE ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE BASIN; DREDGING; FRESHWATER INPUT; HYPOXIA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGENATION; RESPIRATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIFICATION;

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZOS RIVER; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; LOUISIANA SHELF; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; TEXAS; TEXAS SHELF; UNITED STATES;

AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); AMMONIA PARKINSONIANA; ELPHIDIUM; ELPHIDIUM EXCAVATUM; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84859951123     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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