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Chapman, Mark R; Funnell, Brian M; Weaver, Philip PE (1998): Late Pliocene stratigraphic distribution of Globoconella taxa in the North Atlantic [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.679415, Supplement to: Chapman, MR et al. (1998): Isolation, extinction and migration within Late Pliocene populations of the planktonic foraminiferal lineage Globorotalia (Globoconella) in the North Atlantic. Marine Micropaleontology, 33(3-4), 203-222, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-8398(97)00041-8

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Abstract:
Quantitative records of Globorotalia puncticulata and Globorotalia inflata, the last two members of the Globorotalia (Globoconella) lineage, obtained from North Atlantic sediments collected at DSDP Site 552, ODP Site 659 and ODP Site 665, are used to examine fluctuations in the biogeographic distribution of these species in the Late Pliocene between 3 and 2 Ma. Abundance data indicate that prior to the expansion of Northern Hemisphere glaciation at about 2.5 Ma, Gr. puncticulata was an important component of the planktonic foraminiferal fauna and had a geographic distribution ranging from 2°N to at least 56°N in the North Atlantic. A previously undescribed 6 chambered variant of Gr. puncticulata is found at both Sites 659 and 665. The stratigraphic distribution of this morphotype is restricted, first occurring at 2.9 Ma and then disappearing when glacial intensity increased at 2.75 Ma (isotope stage 110). Similar declines in Gr. puncticulata abundances occurred during glacial isotope stages 102, 100, and 98 immediately prior to the extinction of Gr. puncticulata during glacial isotope stage 96. It appears that this extinction event was latitudinally diachronous within the North Atlantic, occurring earliest in the north at Site 552 (2.453 Ma), then at Site 659 (2.443 Ma) and later still in the Site 665 equatorial record (2.438 Ma).
At Site 665 the first record of Gr. inflata occurs during glacial isotope stage 94 (2.416 Ma), shortly after the extinction of Gr. puncticulata. In the mid latitude North Atlantic there was a 340,000 year period following the disappearance of Gr. puncticulata when the Globoconella lineage was absent (the Gr. inflata gap). The Gr. inflata population found in the equatorial Atlantic must therefore have been introduced from the South Atlantic, probably by the South Equatorial Current. Faunal records from Sites 552 and 659 show that it was not until glacial isotope stage 78 (2.10 Ma) that Gr. inflata became widely established in the North Atlantic. Prior to this large-scale migration event, there were two limited colonisation events during glacial isotope stages 86 and 82 when Gr. inflata populations reached as far as Site 659 in the eastern North Atlantic. These incursions are believed to be reflect the entrainment of Gr. inflata within South Atlantic Central Water and the northward subsurface transport of individuals to the coastal upwelling zone off northwest Africa. It seems likely that the same mechanism was responsible for the re-establishment of the Globoconella lineage in the North Atlantic at 2.10 Ma, but in this instance additional factors, such as enhanced glacial circulation patterns and ecological changes within planktonic foraminiferal faunas, resulted in the successful expansion of Gr. inflata across the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Project(s):
Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 25.690367 * Median Longitude: -21.308433 * South-bound Latitude: 2.951200 * West-bound Longitude: -23.231300 * North-bound Latitude: 56.042700 * East-bound Longitude: -19.667800
Date/Time Start: 1981-07-31T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1986-04-05T00:00:00
Event(s):
81-552_Site * Latitude: 56.042700 * Longitude: -23.231300 * Date/Time: 1981-07-31T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2301.0 m * Penetration: 4.975 m * Recovery: 2.614 m * Location: North Atlantic/PLATEAU * Campaign: Leg81 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 59 cores; 367.5 m cored; 35 m drilled; 71.1% recovery
108-659 * Latitude: 18.077200 * Longitude: -21.026200 * Date/Time Start: 1986-03-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1986-03-12T00:00:00 * Elevation: -3082.3 m * Penetration: 671.9 m * Recovery: 411.2 m * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Leg108 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 59 cores; 551.9 m cored; 0 m drilled; 74.5% recovery
108-665 * Latitude: 2.951200 * Longitude: -19.667800 * Date/Time Start: 1986-04-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1986-04-05T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4746.0 m * Penetration: 179.9 m * Recovery: 172.5 m * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Leg108 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 20 cores; 179.9 m cored; 0 m drilled; 95.9% recovery
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  1. Chapman, MR; Funnell, BM; Weaver, PPE (1998): (Table 1) Stratigraphic distribution of Globorotalia taxa in DSDP Site 81-552_Site in the North Atlantic. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.679412
  2. Chapman, MR; Funnell, BM; Weaver, PPE (1998): (Table 1) Stratigraphic distribution of Globorotalia taxa in ODP Site 108-659 in the North Atlantic. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.679413
  3. Chapman, MR; Funnell, BM; Weaver, PPE (1998): (Table 1) Stratigraphic distribution of Globorotalia taxa in ODP Site 108-665 in the North Atlantic. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.679414