Yalcin, HuseyinMeric, EnginAvsar, NiyaziTetiker, SemaBarut, Iper F.Yilmaz, SenerDincer, Feyza2024-10-262024-10-2620061016-9164https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12418/29883This study was performed on the recent fbraminiftral samples of totally 49 collected from Gokceada surroundings, southwestern Bozcaada, eastern Mitilini in the northeast of Aegean Sea and in different points of shores in the southwest of Antalya. Total 24 genus and 41 species of foraminifers with colored shells were distinguished in the four regions. d((104)) reflection and MgCO3 contents) of calcites vary between 2.979-3.035 angstrom and 0.33-19.00 % mole, respectively Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios of whole shells have values of 2.95-51.51 and 1.45-10.44. The values are normalized by considering maximum and minimum concentrations are respectively due to colorful and colorless foraminifer shells in the chemical analyses from whole shells and their surfaces. The enrichments in amounts of particularly metallic elements concern with absorption depending on qualitative and quantitative of shell structures although the variations are also related to mineralogical compositions of shells. It can be considered that the ions transferred into hot waters coming from active faults in the sea floor and/or the ions transported with cold waters releasing from land are enriched in the sea, and finally they caused an abnormal contamination within the shells and/or secondarily richness during metabolism by livings.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBenthic ForaminiferShell ChemistryColored and Colorless ShellsXRD shell mineralogyArticle4925129WOS:000443654800003N/A