Homotrema rubrum (Lamarck), a sediment transport indicator

1 March 1965

journal article
research article
Published by Society for Sedimentary Geology in Journal of Sedimentary Research

Vol. 35 (1) , 265-272
https://doi.org/10.1306/74d71249-2b21-11d7-8648000102c1865d

Abstract

A foraminifer of sessile habit and with distinctive red color lives in abundance on outer shoals surrounding Bermuda Platform. Its distribution in sand-size sediments indicates that it is dispersed for long distances down outer slopes but is not transported for into lagoons.