TY - JOUR
T1 - Biostratigraphy of large benthic foraminifera from Hole U1468A (Maldives): A CT-scan taxonomic approach
AU - Coletti, Giovanni
AU - Stainbank, Stephanie
AU - Fabbrini, Alessio
AU - Spezzaferri, Silvia
AU - Foubert, Anneleen
AU - Kroon, Dick
AU - Betzler, Christian
N1 - embargo dates
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1007/s00015-018-0306-7
DO - 10.1007/s00015-018-0306-7
M3 - Article
VL - 111
SP - 523
EP - 536
JO - Swiss journal of geosciences
JF - Swiss journal of geosciences
SN - 1661-8726
IS - 3
ER -