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Timm, Sven (1992): Recent benthic foraminifera of the Gulf of Guinea [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.870828, Supplement to: Timm, S (1992): Rezente Tiefsee-Benthosforaminiferen aus Oberflächensedimenten des Golfes von Guinea (Westafrika) - Taxonomie, Verbreitung, Ökologie und Korngrössenfraktionen. Berichte-Reports, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut der Universität Kiel, 59, 192 pp, https://doi.org/10.2312/reports-gpi.1992.59

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Abstract:
Recent benthic foraminifera in surface sediments from the continental slope in the Gulf of Guinea (West Africa) were studied in order to determine the utility of foraminiferal species and assemblages as environmental and bathymetric indicators. In the study 67 samples, ranging in water depth from 631 to 4970 m, collected during the "METEOR" expedition M6-5 were needed.
Based on their depth range and geographic distribution the dominant species of the living (stained) and the dead assemblage of the 63-250 µm grain size fraction were divided (“stacking by eye”) into three bathymetric groups: The Upper Bathyal Fauna. the Lower Bathyal Fauna and the Abyssal Fawia. These faunal associations have partly overlapping depth ranges. A comparison of the depth ranges of the faunal groups in the Gulf of Guinea with results of investigations of other authors show that similar bathymetric divisions of foraminiferal faunas also occur in the lower and middle latitude (47° N to 30° NS) East Atlantic.
Project(s):
Institute for Geosciences, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel (GIK/IfG)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 4.720102 * Median Longitude: -6.534038 * South-bound Latitude: -2.203333 * West-bound Longitude: -17.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 9.503333 * East-bound Longitude: 8.550000
Date/Time Start: 1988-01-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1988-02-12T00:00:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Timm, S (1992): (Table IV) Dead benthic foraminifera counts in surface sediments of the Gul of Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.870750
  2. Timm, S (1992): (Table IV) Live benthic foraminifera counts in surface sediments of the Gul of Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.870747
  3. Timm, S (1992): (Table VI) Environmental parameters of surface sediments of the Gul of Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.870824
  4. Timm, S (1992): (Table VII) Dead benthic foraminiferal fauna of surface sediments of the Gul of Guinea, fine fraction. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.870826
  5. Timm, S (1992): (Table VII) Live benthic foraminiferal fauna of surface sediments of the Gulf of Guinea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.870825
  6. Timm, S (1992): (Table XIII) Dead benthic foraminiferal fauna of surface sediments of the Gul of Guinea, coarse fraction. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.870827