Quaternary Antarctic Bottom-Water History: Deep-Sea Benthonic Foraminiferal Evidence from the Southeast Indian Ocean

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Author: Corliss, Bruce H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1979
• Subjects: Antarctic; Indian; Southeast Indian Ridge; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(79)90062-0; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589479900620?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589479900620?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400030301

Distinct assemblages of Recent deep-sea benthonic foraminifera from the southeast Indian Ocean have been shown to be associated with Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) and Indian Bottom Water (IBW). The AABW assemblage is divided into two groups. One is dominated by Epistominella umbonifera and is associ...