Purpose. The work studies Sinjar formation (upper Paleocene lower Eocene) within the Bazyan anticline in Sulaimaniyah region (northeastern Iraq). facies analysis is based on petrographic study of limestone deposits and essential to identify their nature. sediments that formed have a high content skeletal granules which include small amount red algae residues unicellular organisms-foraminifera. ...

C. Borrelli, A. Sabbatini, G. M. Luna, C. Morigi, R. Danovaro, and A. Negri Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Science Center Jonsson-Rowland, 1W19, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA Department of Marine Science, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60122 Ancona, Italy Stratigraphy Department, Geological Survey of Denmark and Gr...

The sulfur content of planktonic and benthic foraminifera was measured in specimens recovered from deep-sea sediment cores and individuals grown in culture. A new method for measuring sulfur in foraminiferal calcium carbonate was developed, employing a high-resolution inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer. The sulfur measurements, expressed as sulfur-to-calcium (S/Ca) ratios in the foram...

Large benthic foraminifera (LBF) are important for reef sediment formation, but sensitive to elevated temperature and nutrients. However, it is possible that conspecific foraminifera living in different reef sites present divergent response to environmental shifts. We investigated how populations of Amphistegina lobifera from reef sites located along a temperature and nutrient gradient of the n...

Benthic foraminifera are significant indicators of habitat changes and useful for paleoenvironmental reconstruction. During the Permian period, variation in species, individual sizes, morphological characteristics different assemblages, such as fusulinids, is a clue to paleoecological interpretations. The eastern part Sichuan Basin, located near equator middle Permian, Guadalupian was precipita...

We present a detailed history of glacial to Holocene radiocarbon in the deep western North Atlantic from deep-sea corals and paired benthic-planktonic foraminifera. The deglaciation is marked by switches between radiocarbon-enriched and -depleted waters, leading to large radiocarbon gradients in the water column. These changes played an important role in modulating atmospheric radiocarbon. The ...

Benthic foraminiferal species were used to AMS date Holocene sediments adjacent to transgressive overlap boundaries (TOB) in two high energy estuaries in North Spain. It had previously been recognised that the foraminifera could be divided into indigenous and exotic components. Whereas it was known that the exotic forms had been transported into the estuaries from the adjacent inner shelf, it w...

Bleaching, the loss of algal symbionts, occurs in marine photosymbiotic organisms at water temperatures minimally exceeding average summer SST (sea surface temperatures). Pre-adaptation allows organisms to persist under warmer conditions, providing the tolerance can be carried to new habitats. Here we provide evidence for the existence of such adaptation in the benthic foraminifera Pararotalia ...

The benthic biota of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ, abyssal eastern equatorial Pacific) is the focus of a major research effort linked to possible future mining of polymetallic nodules. Within the framework of ABYSSLINE, a biological baseline study conducted on behalf of Seabed Resources Development Ltd. in the UK-1 exploration contract area (eastern CCZ, ~4,080 m water depth), we analysed f...

Elevated ocean temperatures and agrochemical pollution individually threaten inshore coral reefs, but these pressures are likely to occur simultaneously. Experiments were conducted to evaluate the combined effects of elevated temperature and the photosystem II (PSII) inhibiting herbicide diuron on several types of symbiotic algae (diatom, dinoflagellate or rhodophyte) of benthic foraminifera in...