After the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary (KPB) catastrophic mass extinction event, an explosive evolutionary radiation of planktic foraminifera took place in consequence prompt occupation empty niches. The rapid evolution new species makes it possible to establish high-resolution biozonations lower Danian. We propose two biostratigraphic scales for low-to-middle latitudes spanning first million ...

Much of our knowledge of past ocean temperatures comes from the foraminifera Mg /Ca palaeothermometer. Several nonthermal controls on foraminifera Mg incorporation have been identified, of which vital effects, salinity, and secular variation in seawater Mg /Ca are the most commonly considered. Ocean carbonate chemistry is also known to influence Mg /Ca, yet this is rarely examined as a source o...

Article history: Received 8 February 2016 Received in revised form 5 July 2016 Accepted 9 July 2016 Available online xxxx Wereconstruct paleo-productivity and bottomwater oxygenation changes during thepast 32 ka, from the southeastern Arabian Sea, using absolute abundance of planktic foraminifera, relative abundance of Globigerina bulloides, angular asymmetrical benthic foraminifera (AABF), mea...

The increase in anthropogenic induced warming over the last two centuries is impacting marine environment. Planktic foraminifera are a globally distributed calcifying zooplankton responding sensitively to changes sea surface temperatures and interacting with food web structure. Here, we study high resolution multicore records from western Mediterranean Sea regions (Alboran Balearic basins), are...

The Antarctic Peninsula’s Pacific margin is one of the best studied sectors continental margin. Since 1990s, several research cruises have targeted rise with geophysical surveys, conventional coring and deep-sea drilling. previous studies highlighted potential large sediment drifts on as high-resolution palaeoenvironmental archives. However, these also suffered from chronological difficulties a...