Friedrich, Oliver; Hemleben, Christoph (2007): Diversity and faunal composition of benthic foraminifera in Hole 44-390A on the Blake Nose Plateau [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472293, Supplement to: Friedrich, O; Hemleben, C (2007): Early Maastrichtian benthic foraminiferal assemblages from the western North Atlantic (Blake Nose) and their relation to paleoenvironmental changes. Marine Micropaleontology, 62(1), 31-44, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.07.003
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Abstract:
Benthic foraminiferal assemblages are a widespread tool to understand changes in organic matter flux and bottom-water oxygenation and their relation to paleoceanographic changes in the Upper Cretaceous oceans. In this study, assemblage data (diversity, total number, and number per species and gram) from Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Site 390 (Blake Nose, western North Atlantic) were processed for the lower Maastrichtian (Globotruncana falsostuarti – Gansserina gansseri Planktic Foraminiferal Zone). These data document significant changes in nutrient flux to the sea floor as well as bottom-water oxygenation during this time interval. Parallel to the observed changes in the benthic foraminiferal assemblages the number of inoceramid shells decreases, reflecting also a significant increase in bottom-water oxygenation. We speculate, that these data could reflect the onset of a shift from warmer low-latitude to cooler high-latitude deep-water sources. This speculation will predate the major reorganization of the oceanic circulation resulting in a circulation mode similar to today at the Early/Late Maastrichtian boundary by ~1 Ma and therefore improves our understanding of Late Cretaceous paleoceanography.
Project(s):
Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Coverage:
Latitude: 30.142300 * Longitude: -76.112300
Date/Time Start: 1975-08-29T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1975-08-29T00:00:00
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44-390A * Latitude: 30.142300 * Longitude: -76.112300 * Date/Time: 1975-08-29T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2665.0 m * Penetration: 142.5 m * Recovery: 86.3 m * Location: North Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Leg44 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 14 cores; 133 m cored; 0 m drilled; 64.9 % recovery
Comment:
Contribution of the Kühlokrei Project
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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- Friedrich, O; Hemleben, C (2007): Total fauna of benthic foraminifera of Hole 44-390A, Blake Nose Plateau, North Atlantic. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.142995
- Friedrich, O; Hemleben, C (2007): Diversity and number of benthic foraminifers of Hole 44-390A, Blake Nose Plateau, North Atlantic. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.142996