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| Reynaud, Jean-yves; Lauriat-rage, Agnès; Tessier, Bernadette; Neraudeau, Didier; Braccini, Eric; Carriol, René-pierre; Clet-pellerin, Martine; Moullade, Michel; Lericolais, Gilles. |
| Macro- and micro-faunas are reported from six gravity cores collected at a mean depth of 150 m in the surficial deposits of the Kaiser sand bank in the Southern Western Channel Approaches. These are bivalves (mainly), gastropods, echinids, crustaceans and foraminifers. These fauna present a very rich association of numerous, well preserved species from various ecological settings. Such an association is commonly reported from the continental shelf of the last transgressive cycle. In addition, the sediment comprises two imported faunal associations. The first one corresponds to thanatocaenoses of Pliocene/lowermost Pleistocene and Weichselian age, reworked respectively from the underlying celtic incised valley fills and the Celtic Sand Banks. The absence of... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Continental shelf; Thanatofauna; Sea level; Reworking; Transport. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00146/25682/23843.pdf |
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