Benthic ostracoda and foraminifera from the North Adriatic Sea (Italy, Mediterranean Sea): A proxy for the depositional characterisation of river-influenced shelves

• Published in: Marine micropaleontology Vol. 153; p. 101772
• Main Authors: Barbieri, Giulia, Rossi, Veronica, Vaiani, Stefano Claudio, Horton, Benjamin Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.12.2019
• Subjects: Adriatic Sea; Benthic foraminifera; Depositional environment; Multivariate analysis; Ostracoda; Prodelta; Depositional environment; Benthic foraminifera; Prodelta; Multivariate analysis; Adriatic Sea; Ostracoda

We investigated the distribution of ostracoda and benthic foraminifera from the shallow (<40 m water depth) river-influenced North Adriatic shelf. Combining faunal and environmental data from a sub-set of literature databases (Breman, 1975; Jorissen, 1988), we recognised the main environmental dr...