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Calcareous Nannoplanktons of Eastern Strait of Hormuz
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Fatemeh Hadavi   , Elham Mojtahedin |
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Abstract: (12968 Views) |
| In the current study, calcareous nannoplanktons from East of the Strait of Hormuz are going to be
introduced. For the first time, 15 samples were selected from this area and 27 species and 16 genera were
identified. We have found 3 collections in the studied fossils associations. Some of them had high
abundance, such as Gephyrocapsa oceanica and Emiliania huxleyi, and some other species were rarely
found, such as Braarudosphaera bigelowii, Calcidiscus leptoporus, Umbilicosphaera sibogae and
Umbellosphaera tenuis. The third collection included reworked species of Cretaceous and Neogene
deposits. The found fossils show that these sediments deposited in the marginal sea were rich in nutrients
and had high productivity. |
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| Keywords: Calcareous nannoplankton, Marginal sea, Nutrients, Productivity, Strait of Hormuz. |
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Type of Study: Research/ Original/ Regular Article |
Received: 2013/12/25 | Accepted: 2013/12/25 | ePublished: 2013/12/25
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