Biostratigraphy of large benthic foraminifera from Hole U1468A (Maldives): a CT-scan taxonomic approach
- Coletti, Giovanni Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Stainbank, Stephanie Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Fabbrini, Alessio Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, University of Siena, Italy
- Spezzaferri, Silvia Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Foubert, Anneleen Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Kroon, Dick School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, Edinburgh, UK
- Betzler, Christian Institute of Geology, University of Hamburg, Germany
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01.10.2018
Published in:
- Swiss Journal of Geosciences. - 2018, vol. 111, no. 3, p. 523–536
English
Large benthic foraminifera are important components of tropical shallow water carbonates. Their structure, developed to host algal symbionts, can be extremely elaborate and presents stratigraphically-significant evolutionary patterns. Therefore their distribution is important in biostratigraphy, especially in the Indo-Pacific area. To provide a reliable age model for two intervals of IODP Hole U1468A from the Maldives Inner-Sea, large benthic foraminifera have been studied with computed tomography. This technique provided 3D models ideal for biometric-based identifications, allowing the upper interval to be placed in the late middle-Miocene and the lower interval in the late Oligocene.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Géosciences
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Geology
- License
- License undefined
- Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 323360
- DOI 10.1007/s00015-018-0306-7
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/307344
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