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In an attempt to decipher the biotic response of Foraminifera to the paleoenvironmental changes recorded in the Aptian historical stratotypes, a number of quantitative parameters (i.e. specific diversity and abundance of dominant groups) were examined in three sections of upper Bedoulian and lower Gargasian beds in south-eastern France. In most cases, the established biotic changes do not correlate strictly with obvious lithological and geochemical variations such as the percentage of CaCO3 and δ13C. However, a pattern of cyclic fluctuations in various microfaunal parameters appears to exist in parts of the studied interval, which may record paleoenvironmental changes due to a cyclic orbital forcing. To test this hypothesis, based on a preliminary study, a more closely spaced sampling of these continuous, expanded and relatively well calibrated stratotypic series is required. |
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