| Title | Differential drivers of benthic foraminiferal and molluscan community composition from a multivariate record of early Miocene environmental change |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Authors | Belanger, Christina L., and Marites Villarosa Garcia |
| Secondary Title | Paleobiology |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pagination | p. 398-416 |
| Date Published | 2014, Summer |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription |
| Keywords | aquatic invertebrates, Beverly Beach State Park, bivalves, carbon, climate change, foraminifera, geology, Jump-Off Joe, molluscs, Moolach Beach, oxygen, paleontology, paleosciences, primary productivity, Schooner Point, sediments, temperature, Wade Creek, Yaquina Head |
| Notes | This is a study of the early Miocene Newport member of the Astoria Formation. The Newport Member was deposited about 20.26-18 million years ago. It offers an approximately 2 million year “time series of benthic foraminifera and molluscs from continental shelf depths, allowing investigation of both groups in the same record.” (p.399) Since there was an interval of global warming in this time period, the authors wondered what the sediments would tell researchers about how marine environments reacted to climate change. The answer is … complicated. As the authors observe, “Environmental changes are multivariate in nature.” (p.414) A most interesting look at a complex subject. |
| DOI | 10.1666/13019 |
| Series Title | Paleobiology |
