Late Quaternary foraminiferal assemblages from western Ross Sea (Antarctica) in relation to the main glacial and marine lithofacies

• Published in: Marine Micropaleontology
• Main Authors: MELIS, ROMANA, SALVI, Gianguido
• Other Authors: Melis, Romana, Salvi, Gianguido
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: foraminifer; glacial-marine and marine sediment; taphonomy; glacial influence; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; Drygalski; Joides Basin; Drygalski Basin; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antartide; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11368/1877345; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.10.003

ABSTRACT Investigations on foraminifers from Upper Pleistocene–Holocene sediments were carried out on twelve cores from the western Ross Sea continental margin (Drygalski, Joides, North Victoria Land Basins) as part of a “Progetto Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide” (P.N.R.A.) multidisciplinary proj...