Late pleistocene-holocene ostracod assemblages of the Northern Caspian Sea shelf Academic Article

abstract

• Analysis of the ostracod assemblages and the distribution of benthic foraminifera Ammonia beccarii in the core section GS 194-08-1 recovered at a depth of 7.5 m near the Volga delta front showed changes in environmental conditions in response to sea-level fluctuations. The pre-Novocaspian ostracod assemblage reflects the conditions that were dominant during the Late Khvalynian transgression, with a depth of about 20-30 m, and a salinity range of 12-13. The Early Novocaspian sediments contain an ostracod assemblage that represents a deeper water environment compared to the present, with an inferred depth of 12-16 m. The faunas from the younger Novocaspian sediments with abundant monospecific populations of Cyprideis torosa and co-occurring benthic foraminifera Ammonia beccarii represent modern-like environmental conditions. 2014 Pleiades Publishing, Inc.

authors

• Stepanova, Anna

published proceedings

• OCEANOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• Chekhovskaya, M. P., Stepanova, A. Y., Khusid, T. A., Matul, A. S., & Rakowski, A. Z.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Chekhovskaya, MP||Stepanova, A Yu||Khusid, TA||Matul, AS||Rakowski, AZ

publication date

• March 2014

publisher

• Pleiades Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Oceanology  Journal

keywords

• 37 Earth Sciences
• 3702 Climate Change Science
• 3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1134/S0001437014020040

start page

• 212

end page

• 221

volume

• 54

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s0001437014020040