Experimental Analysis of Foraminiferal Taphonomy:           Implications for the Formation of Foraminiferal             Assemblages: Collaborative Research
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Post-mortem alteration of Holocene foraminiferal                           assemblages from carbonate shelf and basinal environments will                  be examined through experimental analyses of test resistance to                 abrasion, dissolution and transport.  In addition, the                          magnitude of the effect of biotic processes, such as                            bioerosion, will be determined through analysis of the                          frequency of their occurrence along a bathymetric gradient.                     Such analyses will enable the determination of test morphotypes                 which should predominate within assemblages accumulating under                  particular environmental regimes. These data will be compared                   to collections made previously alongonshore to offshore                         traverses, thereby allowing the development of foraminiferal                    taphofacies models.  When combined with data on the relative                    abundances of living species and test production rates, these                   results will better enable the elucidation of the relative                      effects of population dynamics and taphonomic processes                         in the formation of sediment assemblages of foraminifera.  The                  determination of foraminiferal taphofacies based on test                        morphotypes, not individual species, has application to the                     paleoenvironmental interpretation of foraminiferal assemblages                  from different environments and time intervals.  Taphofacies                    models developed by this study will be applied to Pleistocene                   carbonates, thereby providing tests of the models and the                       determination of the preservability of taphonomic signatures.
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