scholarly journals Foraminiferal Assemblage from the Karai Shale, Uttattur Group, Southern India

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
L. Harini ◽  
R. Venkatachalapathy
Keyword(s):  
Surface Sediment ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Foraminiferal Assemblage ◽  
Planktic Foraminifera ◽  
Specific Identification ◽  
Sediment Samples ◽  
Foraminiferal Species

To study the foraminiferal assemblage from the Karai shale, one hundred and nineteen surface sediment samples were collected systematically. The collected samples were processed using standard micropaleontological techniques. Ninety- eight species of well - preserved foraminifera were obtained from the samples. Of the ninety-eight species, eighty-nine were benthic foraminifera and nine were planktic foraminifera. The specific identification of the foraminifera was done after comparing them with those described and illustrated by various workers from the Cretaceous of Southern India. The age of the samples was assigned as Albian based on the presence of planktic foraminiferal species viz. Hedbergella delrioensis, Hedbergella planispira, Praeglobotruncana delrioensis, Praeglobotruncana stephani, Planomalina buxtorfi and Thalmanninella balernaensis.

scholarly journals Utilização de foraminíferos como indicadores da inluência marinha na Baía de Guanabara, RJ, Brasil

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 251 ◽  
Author(s):  
BEATRIZ BECK EICHLER ◽  
PATRÍCIA BECK EICHLER ◽  
LUIZ BRUNER DE MIRANDA ◽  
ALESSANDRO LUVIZON BÉRGAMO ◽  
MARCOS EDUARDO CORDEIRO BERNARDES ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indicator Species ◽  
Surface Sediment ◽  
Relative Frequency ◽  
Neap Tide ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Guanabara Bay ◽  
Water Parameters ◽  
Sediment Samples ◽  
Foraminiferal Species

This paper deals with the characterization of Guanabara Bay region using benthic foraminifera assemblages as an attempt to establish marine sensitive indicator species. Four fixed hydrographic stations were performed in winter during neap tide to obtain stratification-circulation water parameters besides the twenty six surface sediment samples used to evaluate absolute and relative frequency of foraminiferal species. It was possible to correlate the foraminiferal species to physical parameters as salinity, temperature, intensity and direction of currents from different water masses and defined Cassidulina subglobosa and Discorbis spp as marine indicator species in the bay region.

scholarly journals FORAMINIFERA ASSEMBLAGES AS A MARKER OF MUD ERUPTION SOURCE IN CIUYAH, CINIRU – KUNINGAN, WEST JAVA

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
Vijaya Isnaniawardhani ◽  
Faizal Muhamadsyah ◽  
Adjat Sudrajat
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Host Rock ◽  
Field Observation ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Planktic Foraminifera ◽  
Side Rock ◽  
Foraminiferal Species ◽  
Neogloboquadrina Dutertrei ◽  
Stratigraphic Ranges

Mud eruptions that rise claystone to sandstone-size fragments, liquid, gas, and heat to the surface have been identified in Ciuyah, Ciniru District, Kuningan. Field observation and sampling were conducted on host rock as well as mud in Ciuyah. Forty-two planktic and forty-two benthic foraminiferal species were identified in rock samples; while 89.28% of them are recorded in mud samples. Foraminifera contained in claystone and sandstone of Pemali and Halang Formations reveals the age of Middle to Late Miocene. Based on their stratigraphic ranges, planktic foraminifera assemblages in mud represent four age-marker groups, there are: older than Zone N.10 / Middle Miocene (indicated by the appearance of Globorotalia archeomenardii), ranges of Zone N.11 – N.12 / Middle Miocene (marked by the appearance of Globorotalia fohsi lobata and Globorotalia praemenardii), ranges of Zone N.13–N.14 / Middle Miocene (Globorotalia siakensis and Globorotalia mayeri), and ranges of Zone N.15–N.17 / Late Miocene (Globorotalia acostaensis acostaensis and Neogloboquadrina dutertrei dutertrei). Benthic foraminifera can be grouped into outer neritic and bathyal typical assemblages. That several age-marker planktic foraminifera groups mixing and deep marine typical benthic occurrence in mud samples is produced by reworking process during turbidity sedimentation, as well as erosion and elution of base- and side-rock composed by Pemali and Halang Formations.Semburan lumpur yang membawa fragmen-fragmen berukuran batulempung hingga batupasir, cairan, gas dan panas ke permukaan telah teridentifikasi di Ciuyah, Kecamatan Ciniru, Kuningan. Observasi  lapangan dan pengambilan sampel dilakukan terhadap batuan induk serta lumpur di Ciuyah dan sekitarnya. Empat puluh dua spesies foraminifera planktik dan empat puluh dua spesies bentik teridentifikasi dalam sampel batuan; dengan 89,28% di antaranya terekam dalam sampel lumpur. Foraminifera yang terkandung dalam batulempung dan batupasir Formasi Pemali dan Halang menunjukkan umur Miosen Tengah hingga Akhir. Berdasarkan rentang stratigrafinya, kumpulan foraminifera planktik dalam lumpur menunjukkan empat kelompok penanda umur, yaitu: lebih tua dari Zona N.10 / Miosen Tengah (ditunjukkan oleh kehadiran Globorotalia archeomenardii), rentang Zona N.11 - N.12 / Miosen Tengah (ditandai oleh kehadiran Globorotalia fohsi lobata dan Globorotalia praemenardii), rentang Zona N.13 -N.14 / Miosen Tengah (Globorotalia siakensis dan Globorotalia mayeri), dan rentang Zona N.15 - N.17 / Miosen Akhir (Globorotalia acostaensis acostaensis dan Neogloboquadrina dutertrei dutertrei). Foraminifera bentik dapat dikelompokkan dalam kumpulan neritik luar dan batial. Beberapa kelompok penanda umur foraminifera planktik dan kehadiran bentik laut dalam pada lumpur dihasilkan oleh pengerjaan ulang selama sedimentasi turbidit, serta erosi dan elusi batuan dasar dan batuan samping yang tersusun oleh Formasi Pemali dan Halang.

scholarly journals DISTRIBUSI FORAMINIFERA BENTIK DI PERAIRAN ACEH

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Nazar Nurdin ◽  
Imelda R. Silalahi
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Water Depth ◽  
Surface Sediment ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Sensitive Indicator ◽  
Sediment Samples ◽  
Strong Current ◽  
Reef Environments ◽  
The Indian Ocean

Perairan Aceh termasuk Pulau Weh, Pulau Breuh dan Pulau Penasi merupakan area terluar di sisi barat Kepulauan Indonesia yang menghadap ke Samudera Hindia. Wilayah ini sangat menarik bagi para peneliti terutama setelah kejadian tsunami pada tahun 2004. Tujuan dari penelitian adalah untuk mengetahui distribusi foraminifera sebagai organisme yang sensitif terhadap perubahan lingkungan. Sebanyak 32 contoh sedimen diambil pada kedalaman 7- 170 meter dan terpilih 11 contoh untuk studi foraminifera. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada 45 spesies foraminifera bentik yang sangat berlimpah, terdiri atas 28 spesies anggota Subordo Rotaliina, Miliolina (7 spesies) dan Textulariina (10 spesies). Amphistegina papilosa dijumpai dalam jumlah sangat berlimpah dan tersebar merata yang memberi indikasi kondisi lingkungan terumbu karang baik. Ammonia tepida sangat dominan (47%) di sebelah utara Pulau Weh (S30) dibandingkan dengan spesies lain. Di bagian Timur Pulau Penasi, ditemukan cangkang foraminifera dalam kondisi rusak dalam jumlah berlimpah yang dapat dikaitkan dengan arus kuat di lokasi ini. Kata kunci : foraminifera bentik, distribusi, perairan Aceh The Aceh waters including Weh, Breuh and Penasi islands are the outer parts of northwestern Indonesia that facing the Indian Ocean. This area is interested for many scientists especially after tsunami in 2004. The purpose of this study is to establish the distribution of benthic foraminifera as a sensitive indicator of environmental changes. Thirty two (32) surface sediment samples were collected at the water depth of 7-170 m and eleven samples were selected for foraminiferal study. The results show 45 species of benthic foraminifera very abundantly and consists of 28 species belong to Suborder Rotaliina, Miliolina (7 species) and Textularia (10 species). Amphistegina papilosa is found abundantly and widely distribution that provide an indication of good reef environments. Ammonia tepida is very dominant(47%) in the northern part of Weh island compared with other species. Abnormal shells of foraminifera were found abundantly in the eastern part of Penasi Island that related to strong current in this area. Keywords: benthic foraminifera, distribution, Aceh waters

scholarly journals FORAMINIFERA DI PERAIRAN SEKITAR BAKAUHENI, LAMPUNG (SELAT SUNDA BAGIAN UTARA)

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luli Gustiantini ◽  
Kresna Tri Dewi ◽  
Ediar Usman
Keyword(s):  
Surface Sediment ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Main Group ◽  
Bottom Current ◽  
The West ◽  
Current Pattern ◽  
Sediment Samples ◽  
West Part ◽  
Abundance And Diversity

Penelitian foraminifera bentik dari 15 percontoh sedimen dasar laut di bagian utara Selat Sunda, Perairan Bakauheni, Lampung telah dilakukan secara kuantitatif. Keterdapatan foraminifera bentik di daerah penelitian sangat melimpah dan bervariasi yaitu terdiri dari 142 spesies (65 genera) yang diidentifikasi dari 7.799 spesimen. Berdasarkan penelitian ini diperoleh bahwa kelimpahan dan komposisi spesies foraminifera di bagian timur (sekitar Bakauheni) cenderung lebih tinggi (rata-rata 6,24%) dibandingkan dengan bagian barat (rata-rata 4,7%) daerah penelitian. Hal ini kemungkinan dapat dikaitkan dengan arah pergerakan arus dasar laut yang bekerja di daerah penelitian. Keanekaragaman foraminifera bentik tertinggi terdapat pada titik lokasi BHL-36 yang terletak di bagian barat daerah penelitian dan terdiri dari 104 spesies. Kelimpahan tertinggi (10,07%) terdapat pada titik lokasi BHL-25 yang terletak tidak jauh dari Pelabuhan Bakauheni dan didominasi oleh spesies tertentu yang dapat bertahan hidup. Subordo Rotaliina merupakan kelompok utama di daerah penelitian yang dicirikan oleh genera Asterorotalia, Operculina, dan Elphidium. Benthic foraminifera from fifteen surface sediment samples in the northern part of Sunda Strait, Bakauheni Waters, Lampung have been analysed quantitatively. The occurrences of benthic foraminifera in the study area are very abundance and varied, it comprises of 142 species (65 genera), which is identified from 7,799 specimens. Based on this research, it is resulted that the abundance and diversity of foraminifera in the east (around Bakauheni) are higher (average of 6.24%) than in the west (average of 4,7%) of the study area. It may relate to bottom current pattern that work in the study area. The highest diversity of benthic foraminifera occurs at site BHL-36, which lies in west part of the study area and it comprises of 104 species. The highest number of individu (10.07%) occurs at the site of BHL-25, which is close to Bakauheni Harbour and it is dominated by certain survived species. Subordo Rotaliina is the main group found in the study area that is characterized by genera of Asterorotalia, Operculina, and Elphidium.

scholarly journals Channel Controlled Foraminiferal Distribution off Bakkhali, West Bengal, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sachin Kumar Tripathi ◽  
Resmi S. ◽  
Satyendra Baraik ◽  
Debasis Sengupta ◽  
Amitava Lahiri
Keyword(s):  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Channel Morphology ◽  
Benthic Foraminifers ◽  
Sediment Samples ◽  
Fluvial Processes ◽  
Sand Bars ◽  
Foraminiferal Species ◽  
Shallow Area ◽  
Sand Bar

Study area is situated 8 km south of the Bakkhali Island, West Bengal of India and its subaqueous environment influenced by the fluvial processes such as Hooghly River in west and its distributary like Muri Ganga in the centre and Saptamukhi River in the east. To understand the submarine behavior of these channels and associated meiobenthos, total of 28 sediment samples have been studied in detail. The study reveal that a total of fifteen species of recent benthic foraminifera belonging to 13 genera under 11 families were present and their distribution mainly controlled by channel morphology and sediment character. Based on the distribution of these benthic foraminiferal species, two assemblages have been identified. First assemblage, observed within the Hooghly and Muri Ganga channel, where salinity is comparatively low and sediment is mainly dominated by silt and clay. The most dominating benthic foraminifers of this assemblage are Ammobaculites agglutinans, Cribrostomoides jeffreysii and Asterorotalia trispinosa. Whereas, second assemblage mainly comprise of A. trispinosa, Ammonia beccarii, Asterorotalia spp., Elphidium excavatum, Elphidium crispum and Ammonia tepida noticed over the sand bars and adjoining shallow area. Keywords: channel morphology, Muri Ganga, Hooghly, sand bar

THE ABUNDANCE OF RECENT FORAMINIFERA IN SURFACE SEDIMENT OF AMBON BAY

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhartati M. Natsir
Keyword(s):  
Surface Sediment ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Planktonic Foraminifera ◽  
Sediment Characteristic ◽  
Abundance And Distribution

Foraminifera are generally live in sea water with various sizes. These organisms consist of planktonic and benthic foraminifera. Geological activity on plutonic and volcanic with vomiting magma is transpiring on, and then affects sedimentation and foraminiferal abundance of Ambon Bay. The study was determined to study the abundance and distribution of foraminifera based on the sediment characteristic of Ambon Bay. Sample collected in 2007 of Ambon Bay showed that only 29 samples of 50 samples containing foraminifera. The collected sediments have 86 species of foraminifera, consisting 61 species of benthic foraminifera and 25 species of planktonic foraminifera. The dominant benthic foraminifera in the surface sediment of Ambon bay were Amphistegina lessonii, Ammoniabeccarii,Elphidium craticulatum,Operculina ammonoides and Quinqueloculina parkery. The planktonic foraminifera that were frequently collected from the bay were Globorotalia tumida, Globoquadrina pseudofoliata, Globigerinoides pseudofoliata, Globigerinoides cyclostomus dan Pulleniatina finalis. Generally, the species dwelled as abundant on substrate sand, whereas the areas within substrate mud have no foraminifera lie on them. Keywords: Foraminifera, Abundance, Sediment, Ambon Bay

Particle Size Effects on Concentration of Metals in Lake Erie Bottom Sediments

1984 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alena Mudroch
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Organic Matter ◽  
Clay Minerals ◽  
Surface Sediment ◽  
Size Effects ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Size Fraction ◽  
Mineralogical Composition ◽  
Major Elements ◽  
Sediment Samples

Abstract Surface sediment samples obtained at the offshore and nearshore area of Lake Erie were separated into eight different size fractions ranging from <2 µm to 250 µm. The concentration of major elements (Si, Al, Ca, Mg, K, Na, Fe, Mn and P), metals (Zn, Cu, Cr, Ni, V, Co and Pb) and organic matter was determined together with the mineralogical composition and morphology of the particles in each size fraction. The distribution of the metals in the offshore sediment was bimodal with the majority of the metals divided between the 63 to 250 um size fraction which also contained the highest concentration of organic matter (about 20%) and the <4 µm fraction containing up to 60% of clay minerals. However, the metals in the nearshore sediment were associated mainly with the clay minerals.

scholarly journals Oceanographic parameters in continental margin of the State of Ceará (northeastern Brazil) deduced from C and O isotopes in foraminifers

2007 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanessa S. Marques ◽  
Eldemar de A. Menor ◽  
Alcides N. Sial ◽  
Valdir A.V. Manso ◽  
Satander S. Freire
Keyword(s):  
Continental Margin ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Linear Equations ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Oceanic Water ◽  
Ocean Water ◽  
Oxygen Utilization ◽  
Carbon And Oxygen Isotopes ◽  
Planktic Foraminifera

Specimens of Recent foraminifera of Amphistegina radiata, Peneroplis planatus and Globigerinoides ruber, from fifty samples of surface sediments of the continental margin of the State of Ceará, Brazil, have been analyzed for carbon and oxygen isotopes to investigate oceanographic parameters and determine the values of delta18O of the oceanic water. From a comparison between values of delta18O obtained for ocean water using the linear equations by (Craig and Gordon 1965) and the one by Wolff et al. (1998), it became evident that the former yielded a more reliable value (0.2‰ SMOW) than the latter. Lower values of delta18O for the ocean water in this continental margin resulted from continental water influence. Values of 18O (-0.3‰ to -1.5‰ PDB for benthic foraminifera and -0.6‰ to -2.4‰ PDB for planktic foraminifera), attest to a variation of temperatures of oceanic water masses, in average, between 20 to 22ºC in deep water and 24 to 27ºC, in surface water. Values of delta13C from +3.2‰ to -0.2‰ PDB (benthic foraminifera) reflect a variation in the apparent oxygen utilization (AOU) in the continental margin and indicate that the environments of bacteriological decomposition of organic matter are not continuous along the investigated area.

Early Silurian Benthic Foraminifera from Saudi Arabia - including the oldest known multichambered lituolids

Stratigraphy ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 141-185
Author(s):  
Michael A. Kaminski ◽  
Pramudya R. D. Perdana
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Early Evolution ◽  
Foraminiferal Assemblage ◽  
New Findings ◽  
New Finding ◽  
Agglutinated Foraminifera

ABSTRACT: A diverse assemblage of early Silurian agglutinated foraminifera is described from the transitional facies between the Qusaiba and Sharawra Formations of theQalibah Group of Saudi Arabia. The agglutinated foraminiferal assemblage consists of 73 species belonging to 24 genera, and is found in in dark graptolite-bearing claystone of Aeronian age. The assemblage is highly diverse compared with coeval early Silurian assemblages reported from Europe and North America. The assemblage is comprised mainly of species belonging to the monothalamid genera Saccammina, Psammosphaera, Lagenammina, Thurammina, Thuramminoides, Amphitremoida, Bathysiphon, Rhabdammina, and the tubothalamid genera Hyperammina, Tolypammina and Turritellella. The new species Thuramminoides ellipsoidalis n. sp. is described herein, but many of the species left in open nomenclature are also likely to be new. The assemblage also includes rare specimens belonging to the globothalamid (lituolid) genera Ammobaculites and Simobaculites. This new finding revises our understanding of the early evolution of the multichambered globothalamid foraminifera. Although the simple multichambered with rectilinear chamber arrangement are known from the Ordovician, our new findings show that the coiled globothalamids belonging to the order Lituolida are older than previously thought, and were already present in Gondwana by about 440 Ma.

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