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Ecology and Applications of Benthic Foraminifera
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This book presents the ecological background required to explain how fossil forms are used in dating rocks and reconstructing past environmental features including changes of sea level and demonstrates how living foraminifera can be used to monitor modern-day environmental change.Abstract:
In this volume John Murray investigates the ecological processes that control the distribution, abundance, and species diversity of benthic foraminifera in environments ranging from marsh to the deepest ocean. To interpret the fossil record it is necessary to have an understanding of the ecology of modern foraminifera and the processes operating after death leading to burial and fossilisation. This book presents the ecological background required to explain how fossil forms are used in dating rocks and reconstructing past environmental features including changes of sea level. It demonstrates how living foraminifera can be used to monitor modern-day environmental change. Ecology and Applications of Benthic Foraminifera presents a comprehensive and global coverage of the subject using all the available literature. It is supported by a website hosting a large database of additional ecological information (www.cambridge.org/0521828392) and will form an important reference for academic researchers and graduate students in Earth and Environmental Sciences.read more
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The benthic foraminiferal record of the Medieval Warm Period and the recent warming in the Gullmar Fjord, Swedish west coast
TL;DR: In this article, a high-resolution study of benthic foraminiferal assemblages was performed on a ca. eight metre long sediment core from Gullmar Fjord on the west coast of Sweden, and the results of Pb-210- and AMS C-14-datings showed that the record includes the two warmest climatic episodes of the last 1500 years: the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) and the recent warming of the 20th century.
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Bio- and sequence stratigraphy and microfacies analysis of the Oligocene Asmari Formation at Sepidar Anticline, Interior Fars sub-Basin, SW Iran
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discussed biostratigraphy, microfacies analysis and sequence stratigraphic framework of the Asmari Formation at Sepidar Anticline, Interior Fars sub-Basin.
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Foredeep palaeobathymetry and subsidence trends during advancing then retreating subduction: the Northern Apennine case (Oligocene-Miocene, Italy)
TL;DR: In this article, an analysis of turbidite systems accumulated in the foredeep during the Oligocene-Miocene are used to unravel the basin subsidence history during this geodynamic change, and investigate how it interplayed with sediment supply and basin tectonics in controlling foredeep filling.
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Benthic foraminifera distribution in a deltaic clinoform (São Francisco Delta, eastern Brazil): A reference study
Helisângela Acris Borges de Araújo,José Maria Landim Dominguez,Altair de Jesus Machado,Adriane Gonçalves de Araújo Nunes Rangel +3 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the spatial distribution of foraminiferal assemblages in the surface sediments of the Sao Francisco delta clinoform and adjacent areas (outer shelf and homonymous submarine canyon).
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Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the marine lower Miocene Chechiș Formation in the Transylvanian Basin based on foraminiferal assemblages
TL;DR: In this paper, planktonic and benthic assemblages were used for biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the marine lower Miocene Chechiș Formation from the Galpâia section (Salaj county, Romania) in the northwestern Transylvanian Basin.
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