Eocene-Oligocene benthic foraminiferal distribution in the deep Bay of Biscay

• Main Author: Miller, Kenneth G
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1983
• Subjects: 12-119; 48-400A; 48-401; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Leg12; Leg48; North Atlantic/BASIN; North Atlantic/SEAMOUNT; North Atlantic/TERRACE; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.690371; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.690371

A major change in benthic foraminiferal assemblages occurred in the deep Bay of Biscay (>3 km water; DSDP Sites 119, and Site 400A) between early middle Eocene and earliest Oligocene. Predominant Eocene deep-sea taxa (Nuttallides truempyi, Clinapertina spp., Abyssamina spp.) and associated rarer...