Secondary Calcification in the Foraminiferal Genus Globorotalia
Secondary Calcification in the Foraminiferal Genus Globorotalia
复制标题
Globorotalia 有孔虫属的二次钙化
作者:
W. N. Orr
Populations of four species of the planktonic foraminiferal genus Globorotalia from sediments in the Gulf of Mexico show the effects of secondary thickening of the test. Quantitative tabulation of the distribution of thin- and thick-walled specimens illustrates an abrupt and separate depth at which the thickening takes place for each species.