Latitudinal variation in the planktic foraminifer Contusotruncana contusa in the terminal Cretaceous ocean

• Main Authors: Kucera, Michal, Malmgren, Bjorn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1996
• Subjects: 122-761C; 122-762C; 39-356; 43-384; 62-465A; 74-525A; 74-527; 80-548A; Caravaca_outcrop; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; El-Kef; Glomar Challenger; Joides Resolution; Leg122; Leg39; Leg43; Leg62; Leg74; Leg80; North Atlantic/RIDGE; North Atlantic/SPUR; North Pacific/CONT RISE; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; OUTCROP; Outcrop sample; South Atlantic/CREST; South Atlantic/PLATEAU; South Atlantic Ocean; South Indian Ridge; South Indian Ocean; Spain; Tunesia; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.681878; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.681878

The morphological variability (coiling properties, size and shape) of the planktic foraminifer Contusortuncana contusa (Cushman) in the terminal Cretaceous ocean was examined at eight deep-sea sites and two continental sections from low (16°) to middle (42°) paleolatitudes in both hemispheres. The m...