Benthic foraminiferal faunas and trophic regimes at the terminal Cretaceous Tethyan seafloor

We quantified the horizontal distribution of Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) benthic foraminifera for 10 upper bathyal to abyssal localities, that cover a wide range of environmental settings throughout the Tethyan realm. For the first time, a quantitative faunal study is performed in order to...

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Main Authors: Widmark, JGV, Speijer, Robert
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sepm-soc sedimentary geology 1997
Subjects:
deep-sea
tertiary boundary
microhabitat preferences
planktonic foraminifers
northwest atlantic
northeast atlantic
phytodetritus
paleoecology
extinction
turnover
Northeast Atlantic
Northwest Atlantic
Online Access:https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/269895
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Summary:We quantified the horizontal distribution of Late Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) benthic foraminifera for 10 upper bathyal to abyssal localities, that cover a wide range of environmental settings throughout the Tethyan realm. For the first time, a quantitative faunal study is performed in order to identify and explain the differences between Late Cretaceous benthic foraminiferal faunas from the deep open ocean and from the shallower marginal seas of the Tethys. status: published

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