Benthic foraminiferal assemblages from the eastern South Atlantic Polar Front region

• Main Authors: Mackensen, Andreas, Fütterer, Dieter K, Grobe, Hannes, Schmiedl, Gerhard
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1993
• Subjects: AWI_Paleo; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI; Antarctic; Antarc*; NADW; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic; Sea ice; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.786559; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.786559

Surface sediment samples taken with a multiple corer from the Polar Front region along two profiles in the eastern South Atlantic sector between 35° and 57°S have been investigated for their benthic foraminiferal content. Live fauna was differentiated from the death assemblage. Based on the dead ass...