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Benthic foraminiferal response to changes in bottom-water oxygenation and organic carbon flux in the eastern Mediterranean during LGM to Recent times

Date

Authors

Abu-Zied, Ramadan H.

Rohling, Eelco

Jorissen, Frans J.

Fontanier, Christophe

Casford, James S.L.

Cooke, Steve

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

We present a high-resolution study of benthic foraminiferal abundances in 4 cores from the central Aegean and NE Levantine Seas, spanning the interval from 30 ka BP to the present. The benthic foraminiferal faunas indicate that during LGM times, bottom w

Keywords

Keywords: abundance; benthic foraminifera; bottom water; carbon flux; community composition; Holocene; Last Glacial Maximum; oligotrophic environment; organic carbon; organic matter; oxygen; population density; sapropel; seafloor; Aegean Sea; Levantine Sea; Mediter benthic foraminifera; Mediterranean; oligotrophic; organic matter; sapropel

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/81957

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Marine Micropaleontology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.08.006

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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