(Figure 2) Benthic foraminifera abundance of DSDP Hole 93-603C@en

Eighty-one benthic foraminifer species were recognized in Neogene and Quaternary sediments drilled in DSDP Holes 603C and 604. Hole 603C is characterized by low benthic foraminiferal number. All the species present are known to inhabit deep water in the modern oceans. Values for specific diversity vary from 10 to 25 species per sample and are inversely proportional to species abundance. Analysis of the composition of the benthic foraminiferal assemblages indicates that Site 603 was probably situated in a transitional zone under the simultaneous influence of both Antarctic Bottom Water and North Atlantic Deep Water during the Neogene and Quaternary. […]