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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-777-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-777-2022
Research article
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09 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 09 Feb 2022

Test-size evolution of the planktonic foraminifer Globorotalia menardii in the eastern tropical Atlantic since the Late Miocene

Thore Friesenhagen

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Size measurements of the planktonic foraminifer Globorotalia menardii and related forms are used to investigate the shell-size evolution for the last 8 million years in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. Long-term changes in the shell size coincide with major climatic, palaeogeographic and palaeoceanographic changes and suggest the occurrence of a new G. menardii type in the Atlantic Ocean ca. 2 million years ago.
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