Recent and modern benthic foraminifera along the Kveithola Trough (NW Barents Sea), environmental and paleo-environmental implications
Sabbatini, Anna . et. al.-- II Palaeo-Arctic Spatial and Temporal Gateways (PAST Gateways) International Conference and Workshop, 19-23 May 2014, Trieste.-- 1 page The distribution of the benthic foraminiferal fauna (recent and modern species) in the Kveithola Trough (NW Barents Sea) was studied in...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/125318 2024-02-11T10:01:21+01:00 Recent and modern benthic foraminifera along the Kveithola Trough (NW Barents Sea), environmental and paleo-environmental implications Sabbatini, Anna Llopart, Jaume Urgeles, Roger CORIBAR Team 2014-05-19 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/125318 unknown Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale http://www.geol.lu.se/pastgateways/index.htm Sí Proceedings of the II PAST Gateways International Conference and Workshop: 77 (2014) 978-88-902101-4-3 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/125318 none póster de congreso http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6670 2014 ftcsic 2024-01-16T10:12:04Z Sabbatini, Anna . et. al.-- II Palaeo-Arctic Spatial and Temporal Gateways (PAST Gateways) International Conference and Workshop, 19-23 May 2014, Trieste.-- 1 page The distribution of the benthic foraminiferal fauna (recent and modern species) in the Kveithola Trough (NW Barents Sea) was studied in four depositional settings identified on the basis of surface depositional structures, sediment types and present ecosystem characteristics. The sediment samples were collected during the CORIBAR cruise aimed at drilling glacigenic sediments in a palaeo-ice stream depositional system in the western Barents Sea. We specifically report the qualitative data of the benthic foraminiferal biodiversity in surface sediment samples (uppermost 3 cm). In the drift area the recent and living benthic foraminiferal assemblage is characterized by typically oxygen-depleted environmental taxa (Globobulimina sp. and Stainforthia sp.). This area appears a stagnant environment, strongly affected by low-oxygen, stressed environmental conditions in which foraminifera developed a life strategy aimed to increase the efficiency of food utilization and maximum resistance to ecological stress. All the sediments recovered in the drift area have a strong smell of H2S, with organic matter-rich sediments colonized by Pogonophora worms Peer Reviewed Still Image Arctic Barents Sea Foraminifera* Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Arctic Barents Sea |
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Sabbatini, Anna . et. al.-- II Palaeo-Arctic Spatial and Temporal Gateways (PAST Gateways) International Conference and Workshop, 19-23 May 2014, Trieste.-- 1 page The distribution of the benthic foraminiferal fauna (recent and modern species) in the Kveithola Trough (NW Barents Sea) was studied in four depositional settings identified on the basis of surface depositional structures, sediment types and present ecosystem characteristics. The sediment samples were collected during the CORIBAR cruise aimed at drilling glacigenic sediments in a palaeo-ice stream depositional system in the western Barents Sea. We specifically report the qualitative data of the benthic foraminiferal biodiversity in surface sediment samples (uppermost 3 cm). In the drift area the recent and living benthic foraminiferal assemblage is characterized by typically oxygen-depleted environmental taxa (Globobulimina sp. and Stainforthia sp.). This area appears a stagnant environment, strongly affected by low-oxygen, stressed environmental conditions in which foraminifera developed a life strategy aimed to increase the efficiency of food utilization and maximum resistance to ecological stress. All the sediments recovered in the drift area have a strong smell of H2S, with organic matter-rich sediments colonized by Pogonophora worms Peer Reviewed |
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Sabbatini, Anna Llopart, Jaume Urgeles, Roger CORIBAR Team Recent and modern benthic foraminifera along the Kveithola Trough (NW Barents Sea), environmental and paleo-environmental implications |
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Sabbatini, Anna Llopart, Jaume Urgeles, Roger CORIBAR Team |
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Recent and modern benthic foraminifera along the Kveithola Trough (NW Barents Sea), environmental and paleo-environmental implications |
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Recent and modern benthic foraminifera along the Kveithola Trough (NW Barents Sea), environmental and paleo-environmental implications |
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Recent and modern benthic foraminifera along the Kveithola Trough (NW Barents Sea), environmental and paleo-environmental implications |
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Recent and modern benthic foraminifera along the Kveithola Trough (NW Barents Sea), environmental and paleo-environmental implications |
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Recent and modern benthic foraminifera along the Kveithola Trough (NW Barents Sea), environmental and paleo-environmental implications |
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recent and modern benthic foraminifera along the kveithola trough (nw barents sea), environmental and paleo-environmental implications |
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Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale |
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Arctic Barents Sea Foraminifera* |
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