The distribution of contemporary intertidal foraminifera at Cowpen Marsh, Tees Estuary, UK: Implications for studies of Holocene sea-level changes

B. P. Horton

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The distribution of contemporary intertidal foraminifera at Cowpen Marsh, Tees Estuary, UK: Implications for studies of Holocene sea-level changes

B. P. Horton

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Abstract

Foraminiferal assemblages were collected at 2-weekly intervals over a period of 12-months from the intertidal zone of Cowpen Marsh. Statistical analyses indicate that the foraminiferal distributions for this site are controlled predominantly by altitude. Furthermore, the contemporary foraminiferal assemblages from Cowpen Marsh broadly reflect vertical floral zones based on vascular plants. Cluster analysis separates foraminiferal assemblages into four zones: two high and middle marsh zones consisting of differing abundances of Jadammina macrescens and Trochammina inflata; a low marsh Zone dominated by Jadammina macrescens and Miliammina fusca; and a mudflat zone dominated by calcareous foraminiferal species, notably, Elphidium williamsoni, Haynesina germanica and Quinqueloculina spp. The altitudinal ranges of the faunal zones are employed to identify the vertical relationship of the local environment in which the assemblage accumulated to a reference tide level.
© 1999 Elsevier Science B.V.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	127-149
Journal	Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Volume	149
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00197-7
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 1999
Externally published	Yes

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This is publication number 116 of the Land and Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS) Community Research Programme, carried out under a special topic award from the National Environment Research Council (Contract number GST/02/0761). The author thanks S. Grayson, F. Green and J. Kirby for their field assistance; D. Coates, F. Davies and B. Priestley for their laboratory assistance; A. Long and I. Shennan for their valuable comments on the original version; and all members of the Environmental Research Centre, University of Durham for their help and advice.

Research Keywords

Foraminifera
Intertidal
Sea-level change
Taphonomy
Tees Estuary

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The distribution of contemporary intertidal foraminifera at Cowpen Marsh, Tees Estuary, UK: Implications for studies of Holocene sea-level changes. / Horton, B. P.
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 149, No. 1-4, 01.06.1999, p. 127-149.

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