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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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An imprint of the Mediterranean middle Miocene circulation pattern in a satellite sea during the Langhian: A case study from the Carpathian Foredeep (Central Paratethys)
TL;DR: In this paper, a review study based on previously published stable isotopic, foraminiferal and calcareous nannoplankton data from various locations in the Central Paratethys, supplemented by new datasets, from the interval of ~14.6-13.9
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Living and dead benthic foraminiferal distribution in two areas of the Ross Sea (Antarctica)
TL;DR: In this paper, living and dead benthic foraminiferal assemblages collected in surface sediment samples from two different areas (JOIDES Basin and Mawson Bank) of the Ross Sea (Antarctica) were distinguished based on cluster analysis.
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Tsunami-generated rafting of foraminifera across the North Pacific Ocean
TL;DR: This is the first report of long-distance transoceanic dispersal of coastal, shallow-water benthic foraminifera by ocean rafting, documenting survival and reproduction for up to four years.
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Palaeoenvironmental evolution from the early Holocene to the present of the Almenara marsh (western Mediterranean)
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors characterize the different stages in the palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Almenara marsh, Spain, from the early Holocene to the present day.
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