Oporto Seamount
Portugal    40.72 N, 10.05 W
Holocene / Quaternary
the images are contributed by Dr. Lucia de Abreu
Oporto SeamountMap redrawn from Gervais, E., 1996. Cretaceous to Quaternary planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of Leg 149, Iberia Abyssal Plain. In Whitmarsh, R.B., Sawyer, D.S., Klaus, A., and Masson, D.G. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 149: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program).       Oporto Seamount, Iberian Margin

from IMAGES core MD95-2040
ranging in age from present to 340ka

The analysis of the core is published in:
de Abreu L.; Shackleton N.J.; Schönfeld J.; Hall M.; Chapman M., 2003: Millennial-scale oceanic climate variability on the Western Iberian margin during the last two glacial periods in Marine Geology 196 (2003)




      Oporto Seamount Sediment
Sediment from core MD95-2040 at Heinrich Event I
Image provided by Dr. Lúcia de Abreu





sorted by genus, species            sorted by morphology
    

Favulina
hexagona

Lagena
hispidula

Lagena
striata

Uvigerina
sp.
Orbulina
universa

Orbulina
universa

Globigerina
bulloides

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Globigerina
falconensis

Globigerinoides
ruber

Globigerinoides
ruber

Globigerinoides
ruber

Trilobatus
sacculifer

Trilobatus
sacculifer

Trilobatus
trilobus

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Neogloboquadrina
pachyderma

Neogloboquadrina
pachyderma

Neogloboquadrina
pachyderma

Neogloboquadrina
pachyderma

Neogloboquadrina
pachyderma

Neogloboquadrina
pachyderma

Turborotalita
humilis

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Turborotalita
quinqueloba

Beella
digitata

Globigerinella
siphonifera

Globigerinita
glutinata

Globigerinita
glutinata

Globorotalia
hirsuta

Globorotalia
hirsuta

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Globorotalia
hirsuta

Globorotalia
inflata

Globorotalia
scitula

Globorotalia
truncatulinoides

Globorotalia
truncatulinoides

Globoturborotalita
tenella

Globoturborotalita
tenella