Larger foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Tethyan Paleocene and Eocene

Serra-Kiel, J; Hottinger, L; Caus, E; Drobne, K; Ferrandez, C; Jauhri, AK; Less, G; Pavlovec, R; Pignatti, J; Samso, JM; Schaub, H; Sirel, E; Strougo, A; Tambareau, Y; Tosquella, J; Zakrevskaya, E

Larger foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Tethyan Paleocene and Eocene

Serra-Kiel J., Hottinger L., Caus E., Drobne K., Ferrandez C., Jauhri A., ...More

BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE, vol.169, no.2, pp.281-299, 1998 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Review
Volume: 169 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 1998
Journal Name: BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.281-299
Keywords: biozonation, Tethys, Paleocene, Eocene, larger foraminifera, PALEOGENE
Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Abundance, diversity, and high evolutionary rates make larger foraminifera useful biostratigraphic tools for datation of sediments deposited in shallow marine platforms. Twenty shallow benthic zones (SBZ) are defined in the time span ranging from the base of Paleocene up to the Eocene-Oligocene boundary. A SBZ zone is characterized upon the stratigraphic distribution of several taxa, belonging mainly to alveolinids, nummulitids and orthophragminids.