|
|
Assemblage
|
Modern
distribution |
Associated water mass
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Globorotalia menardii | Warm water | Angola Current |
|
|
Globorotaloides hexagona | Thermocline | (expatriated?) |
|
|
Neogloboquadrina dutertrei |
|
|
|
2 |
Globigerinoides ruber (pink) | Warm water | Angola Current |
|
|
Globigerinoides ruber (white) | Mixed layer |
|
|
|
Globigerinoides sacculifer |
|
|
|
|
Hastigerina siphonifera |
|
|
|
3 |
Globorotalia inflata | Benguela Front | Angola-Benguela Front |
|
4 |
Globigerina bulloides | Poorly stratified | Angola-Benguela Front/Benguela Current |
|
5 |
Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (dextral) | Cool water | Angola-Benguela Front/Benguela Current |
|
6 |
Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sinistral) | Cold water | Benguela Coastal Current |
Note: Assemblages and associated water masses are after Jansen et al. (1996).