Time and taphonomy: actualistic evidence for time-averaging of benthic foraminiferal assemblages

RE Martin - Short courses in paleontology, 1993 - cambridge.org
For more than half a century, microfossils–especially foraminifera–have been widely used
as stratigraphic markers and paleoenvironmental indicators. Although increasing emphasis …

Planktonic and benthic foraminiferal extinction events during the last 100 my

K Kaiho - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 1994 - Elsevier
Five major planktonic and benthic foraminiferal extinction events occurred during the past
100 my: at the Cenomanian/Turonian (CT) boundary, at the Cretaceous/Tertiary (KT) …

Holocene foraminiferal assemblages from Firth of Tay, Antarctic Peninsula: paleoclimate implications

W Majewski, JB Anderson - Marine Micropaleontology, 2009 - Elsevier
The 77 m sediment core from Firth of Tay provides complete record of glacial retreat and
Holocene climate change on the Weddell Sea side of the Antarctic Peninsula that began …

The Paleocene-Eocene benthic foraminiferal extinction and stable isotope anomalies

E Thomas, NJ Shackleton - Geological Society, London, Special …, 1996 - lyellcollection.org
In the late Paleocene to early Eocene, deep sea benthic foraminifera suffered their only
global extinction of the last 75 million years and diversity decreased worldwide by 30–50 …

Eight‐hundred‐year temperature variability from the Norwegian continental margin and the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation

DK Kristensen, HP Sejrup, H Haflidason… - …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Four cores raised from the eastern Norwegian Sea and adjacent Norwegian fjords at sites
influenced by Atlantic water have been investigated. Oxygen isotope analyses in benthic …

Foraminifer test preservation and diagenesis: comparison of high latitude Eocene sites

PN Pearson, CE Burgess - 2008 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Foraminifer tests are prone to diagenetic recrystallization on a micron scale that can affect
their geochemical composition, hence it is important to identify fossil material that is well …

Late Quaternary sea-surface temperature variations in the southeast Atlantic: a planktic foraminifer faunal record of the past 600 000 yr (IMAGES II MD962085)

MT Chen, YP Chang, CC Chang, LW Wang, CH Wang… - Marine Geology, 2002 - Elsevier
A high-resolution (∼ 4–5cm/kyr) giant piston core record (MD962085) retrieved during an
IMAGES II-NAUSICAA cruise from the continental slope of the southeast Atlantic Ocean …

Cenozoic benthic foraminiferal Mg/Ca and Li/Ca records: Toward unlocking temperatures and saturation states

CH Lear, EM Mawbey, Y Rosenthal - Paleoceanography, 2010 - orca.cardiff.ac.uk
The sensitivities of benthic foraminiferal Mg/Ca and Li/Ca to bottom water temperature and
carbonate saturation state have recently been assessed. Here we present a new approach …

Benthic foraminifer Mg/Ca anomalies in South Atlantic core top sediments and their implications for paleothermometry

M Raitzsch, H Kuhnert, J Groeneveld… - Geochemistry …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We used modern epibenthic foraminifer tests of Cibicidoides mundulus and Planulina
wuellerstorfi from South Atlantic core top sediments in order to establish Mg/Ca‐temperature …

Differential patterns of benthic foraminiferal extinctions near the Paleocene/Eocene boundary in the North Atlantic and the western Tethys

N Ortiz - Marine Micropaleontology, 1995 - Elsevier
Bathyal benthic foraminifera and stable isotopes from the Caravaca and Zumaya sections of
Spain, indicate that the mass extinction near the Paleocene/Eocene (P/E) boundary (upper …