Palaeoecology of a 3-kyr biosedimentary record of a coral reef-supporting carbonate shelf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-176

  Almeida, Carine M ^a   Barbosa, Catia Fernandes ^a   Cordeiro, Renato C ^a   Seoane, José Carlos S ^b   Fermino, Gerson M ^a   Silva, Patricia O ^a   Turcq, Bruno J ^c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifers; Brazilian margin; Geochemistry; Sediment; Southwest Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CORAL REEF; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SYMBIONT;

ABROLHOS BANK; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHIA; BRAZIL;

AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); ANTHOZOA; ARCHAIAS; BOLIVINA; CORNUSPIRA; ELPHIDIUM; FORAMINIFERA; MILIOLINELLA; PENEROPLIS;

EID: 84889604306     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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