Distribution of recent benthic foraminifera on the Sunda Shelf (South China Sea)

2006 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 171-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Szarek ◽  
Wolfgang Kuhnt ◽  
Hiroshi Kawamura ◽  
Hiroshi Kitazato
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Sunda Shelf ◽  
China Sea

Distribution of Benthic Foraminifera off Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia, South China Sea

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-96
Author(s):  
Nazihah Azmi ◽  
Fatin Izzati Minhat ◽  
Sanatul Salwa Hasan ◽  
Omar Abdul Rahman Abdul Manaf ◽  
Aishah Norashikin Abdul A'ziz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Water Depth ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Shelf Area ◽  
Sunda Shelf ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Group A ◽  
Group B

Abstract We investigated the distribution of modern benthic foraminifera from Kelantan waters in the western part of the Sunda Shelf, South China Sea. Twenty-nine benthic foraminiferal species were identified from seven samples collected along a ∼250 km-long transect perpendicular to the Kelantan coastline. Calcareous hyaline species made up 57% of the overall assemblages collected in the study area, followed by calcareous porcelaneous (23%) and agglutinated (20%) species. Cluster analysis recognised two distinctive groups. Group A represented the shallow inner-shelf area (19–35 m water depth) with a coarse sand-dominated substrate where Amphistegina papillosa (13.37%) and Assilina ammonoides (11.04%) were highly abundant. Group A had lowest diversity with no agglutinated species. Group B, occurred at 40–60 m water depth, had higher foraminiferal diversity and was characterised by a very fine sand substrate. The foraminiferal assemblages here were dominated by calcareous hyaline species in group B followed by calcareous porcelaneous and agglutinated species. Group B was characterised by Assilina ammoinodes (11.04%), Heterolepa dutemplei (10.29%), and Discorbinella bertheloti (10.03%). The dominant agglutinated species in Group B were Textularia agglutinans (4.93%) and Cylindroclavulina bradyi (3.55%). Shallow-water species, such as Amphistegina spp., were absent from Group B. Our study shows that the distribution of benthic foraminiferal assemblages from the western Sunda shelf off Kelantan, is closely associated with changes in seafloor sediment, distance from the shore, and water depth.

Distribution of recent benthic foraminifera along continental slope of the Sunda Shelf (South China Sea)

2009 ◽  
Vol 71 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 41-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Szarek ◽  
Wolfgang Kuhnt ◽  
Hiroshi Kawamura ◽  
Hiroshi Nishi
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Continental Slope ◽  
South China ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Sunda Shelf ◽  
China Sea

VARIATIONS IN PALEOPRODUCTIVITY RECORDED BY BENTHIC. FORAMINIFERA DURING MIS 3 FROM THE WESTERN SOUTH CHINA SEA

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-92
Author(s):  
Yaocheng NIU ◽  
Yiyuan ZHANG ◽  
Jianghui DU ◽  
Mengsha CHEN ◽  
Baoqi HUANG
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Mis 3 ◽  
Western South China Sea

scholarly journals GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND STATUS OF SCADS POPULATION IN THE WATERS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE SUNDA SHELF

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Suherman Banon Atmaja ◽  
Duto Nugroho
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Purse Seine ◽  
The South ◽  
Offshore Water ◽  
Sunda Shelf ◽  
China Sea

The scads population have long been exploited in ldonesia Exploitation to the offshore water started when purse seine was introdused in 1970. The exploitation extends eastwards to the Macassar Strait and nonhwards to the southern part of the south china sea.

Distribution and origin of sediments on the northern Sunda Shelf, South China Sea

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wu Shi-guo ◽  
H. K. Wong ◽  
Luo You-lang ◽  
Liang Zhi-rong
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Sunda Shelf ◽  
China Sea

scholarly journals Water Mass Characteristics and Stratification at the Shallow Sunda Shelf of Southern South China Sea

2015 ◽  
Vol 05 (04) ◽  
pp. 455-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Hidayah Roseli ◽  
Mohd Fadzil Akhir ◽  
Mohd Lokman Husain ◽  
Fredolin Tangang ◽  
Azizi Ali
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Water Mass ◽  
Southern South China Sea ◽  
Sunda Shelf ◽  
China Sea

Palaeoenvironmental significance of Miocene larger benthic foraminifera from the Xisha Islands, South China Sea

Palaeoworld ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao-Liang Ma ◽  
Qian-Yu Li ◽  
Xin-Yu Liu ◽  
Wei Luo ◽  
Dao-Jun Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Xisha Islands ◽  
Larger Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
China Sea

QUATERNARY SEDIMENTATION IN THE MOLENGRAAFF PALEO-DELTA, NORTHERN SUNDA SHELF (SOUTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA)

2003 ◽  
pp. 201-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
HOW KIN WONG ◽  
THOMAS LÜDMANN ◽  
CHRISTIANE HAFT ◽  
ALKE-MARIT PAULSEN ◽  
CHRISTIAN HÜBSCHER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Southern South China Sea ◽  
Sunda Shelf ◽  
China Sea

Inner Shelf Benthic Foraminifera of the South China Sea, East Coast Peninsular Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rokiah Suriadi ◽  
Hasrizal Shaari ◽  
Stephen J. Culver ◽  
Mohd Lokman Husain ◽  
V. R. Vijayan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
The South ◽  
Inner Shelf ◽  
China Sea ◽  
The North ◽  
Muddy Sediments

Abstract The distributional patterns of modern benthic foraminifera from the inner shelf of the southern South China Sea, off the east coast of peninsular Malaysia, are documented for the first time. The study area from Tanjung Sedili, Johor in the south to Marang, Terengganu, in the north was selected for a sand-resource study by the Minerals and Geoscience Department, Malaysia in 1993. Twenty-four surface sediment samples from <50 m water depth contained 266 foraminiferal species belonging to 6 orders, 49 families, and 117 genera, including 32 agglutinated, 130 calcareous hyaline, and 104 calcareous porcelaneous species. Two biofacies were distinguished by cluster analysis. Biofacies A was characterized by high relative abundance of Amphistegina papillosa and few other larger benthic foraminiferal (LBF) taxa in sandier sediments. Biofacies B was characterized by Pseudorotalia schroeteriana and other small rotaliids that were found in muddy sediments. The following features of foraminiferal assemblages and sediments reflect the strong fluvial/terrestrial influence on this tropical shelf environment: the overall moderate foraminiferal diversity, dominance of rotaliids over miliolids, overall dominance of smaller foraminiferal assemblages by Elphidium crispum, the limited diversity of LBF, the limited abundance of A. lessonii and the dominance of LBF assemblages by A. papillosa at relatively shallow depths. These features indicate at least intermittently turbid waters with limited light penetration and the dominance of the shelf sediments by siliciclastics, with mean percent carbonates <35%.

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