Pliocene and Pleistocene chronostratigraphy and paleoenvironment of the central Arctic Ocean, using deep water agglutinated foraminifera

Deep-water agglutinated foraminifera (DWAF) were studied from Cores PS2177-5, PS2200-5, PS2212-3 and PS2185-6; from the RN POLARSTERN ARK-VIII/3 Cruise in the central Arctic Ocean. The sediments were non-calcareous containing a sparse assemblage of eleven DWAF species. A chronostratigraphic framewor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Evans, JR, Kaminski, MA
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: MICROPALEONTOLOGY PRESS 1998
Subjects:
QUATERNARY PALEOCEANOGRAPHY
YERMAK PLATEAU
NORTH-POLE
SEDIMENTS
BIOSTRATIGRAPHY
BASIN
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
North Pole
Yermak Plateau
Foraminifera*
Yermak plateau
Online Access:http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/403853/
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Summary:Deep-water agglutinated foraminifera (DWAF) were studied from Cores PS2177-5, PS2200-5, PS2212-3 and PS2185-6; from the RN POLARSTERN ARK-VIII/3 Cruise in the central Arctic Ocean. The sediments were non-calcareous containing a sparse assemblage of eleven DWAF species. A chronostratigraphic framework is presented for Cores PS2200-5 and PS2185-6. Paleoenvironmental data suggests a bathyal environment (2000-4000m) affected by water masses in the Arctic Ocean. The taxanomy of all of the DWAF found is presented and illustrated. A new species of the Family Trochamminidae; Trochammina lomonosovensis n. sp. is described and illustrated.

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