44. DATA REPORT: DISTRIBUTION OF PLEISTOCENE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERS FROM THE EASTERN EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC OCEAN¹

Alain Lévy², Robert Mathieu³, Armelle Poignant², and Marie Rosset-Moulinier⁴

ABSTRACT

Pleistocene benthic foraminifers recovered from four sites during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 159, located in the eastern equatorial Atlantic Ocean off the Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana, have been studied. Four different assemblages have been identified, each representing various depths and water masses.

1Mascle, J., Lohmann, G.P., and Moullade, M. (Eds.), 1998. Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 159: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program).
2Laboratoire de Stratigraphie, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4, place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France. robmat@ccr.jussieu.fr
3Laboratoire de Micropaléontologie, Case 104, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4, place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
4Institut de Biogéochimie Marine, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 1, rue Maurice Arnoux, 92120 Montrouge, France.