Bottom carbonate production in Little America Basin, Ross Sea, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Remia A., Hart C., Oliverio M., Taviani M.
• Other Authors: Remia, A., Hart, C., Oliverio, M., Taviani, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: carbonate; Antarctica; mollusc; bryozoans; Little America; Little America Basin; Ross Sea; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1649319

LAB samples show that the living carbonate fauna (biocoenosis) is not entirely preserved in the death assemblage (taphocoenosis) of related sediments. Although several of the collected invertebrate species produce calcareous skeletal parts, only small amounts of these skeletons are preserved as bioc...