A study of Foraminifera in the core NP93-2 from the Prydz Bay, Antarctica

Xia, Tu and Fan, Zheng (1996) A study of Foraminifera in the core NP93-2 from the Prydz Bay, Antarctica. Advances in Polar Science, 7 (2). pp. 126-140.

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Abstract

Analyses of Foraminiferal fauna in the core NP93-2 of the Prydz Bay, Antarctica shows that the sediments are rich in Foraminifera in which planktonic Foraminifera make up 26.3% of the total number of Foraminifera and the arenaceous agglutinated benthic Foraminiferal assemblages are prevailing with 57.9% of total number of benthic Foraminiferal. The typical benthic Foraminiferal assemblage of Miliammina arenacea represents an assemblage of deep-water arenaceous agglutinated. Variations of content of warm and cold species of planktonic Foraminifera reflect the paleoclimatic changes and also reveal the paleo-environmental changes in this region and its relationship with the global changes. Other pale-oceanographic and paleo-climatological questions, such as water depth, carbonate dissolution are also discussed.

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Keywords:	Prydz Bay, Antarctica, Foraminifera, arenaceous agglutinated, paleoenvironment.
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Date Deposited:	18 Apr 2023 15:16
URI:	http://library.arcticportal.org/id/eprint/2116

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