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d'Hondt, Steven L; Keller, Gerta (1991): Planktic foraminiferal assemblage turnover at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.687271, Supplement to: d'Hondt, SL; Keller, G (1991): Some patterns of planktic foraminiferal assemblage turnover at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Marine Micropaleontology, 17(1-2), 77-118, https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-8398(91)90024-Z

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Abstract:
Three uppermost Cretaceous through basal Paleocene stratigraphic sequences are examined for planktic foraminiferal assemblage stability and temporal succession patterns. These sequences are at mid-latitude South Atlantic DSDP Site 528, then-equatorial Pacific DSDP Site 577 and the Tethyan shelf Ben Gurion section of the Negev, Israel. In order to better estimate biogeographic patterns and habitat preferences, the results of these analyses are compared to previous Cretaceous biogeographic studies and to previous analyses of Cretaceous-Tertiary (K/T) boundary shelf and epicontinental sections.
Results indicate that immediately following the K/T boundary, the examined epicontinental and open-ocean sites were exploited primarily by previously epicontinental planktic foraminiferal assemblages. This pattern of K/T boundary assemblage dominance suggests the geologically instantaneous break-down of Late Cretaceous epicontinental and open-ocean biogeographic provincialization. This shift in open-ocean foraminiferal assemblages is not consistent with models of nonselective K/T boundary extinctions, but is consistent with models of extinction resistence and offshore expansion of nearshore taxa.
The re-establishment of stable biogeographic differences between open-ocean and epicontinental planktic foraminiferal assemblages occurs by the basal Parvularugoglobigerina eugubina Zone. At open-ocean sites 528 and 577 and the outershelf Ben Gurion section, P0 and P. eugubina Zone faunal records are marked by a pronounced alternation between Paleocene biserial- and non-biserial-dominated assemblages, This alternation appears strongly damped at shelf and epicontinental sections previously examined. The first appearance and peak magnitude of abundant earliest Paleocene trochospiral forms (Parvularugoglobigerina, Eoglobigerina, Morozovella, Globoconusa) also vary from site to site and may depend closely on levels of primary carbonate productivity.
Project(s):
Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 11.716767 * Median Longitude: 64.943533 * South-bound Latitude: -28.524800 * West-bound Longitude: 2.324000 * North-bound Latitude: 32.441800 * East-bound Longitude: 157.723300
Date/Time Start: 1980-07-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1982-05-23T00:00:00
Event(s):
74-528 * Latitude: -28.524800 * Longitude: 2.324000 * Date/Time: 1980-07-04T00:00:00 * Elevation: -3800.0 m * Penetration: 555 m * Recovery: 271.9 m * Location: South Atlantic/RIDGE * Campaign: Leg74 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 47 cores; 441 m cored; 0 m drilled; 61.7 % recovery
86-577 * Latitude: 32.441800 * Longitude: 157.723300 * Date/Time: 1982-05-23T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2675.0 m * Penetration: 118.8 m * Recovery: 111.1 m * Location: North Pacific * Campaign: Leg86 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 13 cores; 118.8 m cored; 0 m drilled; 93.5 % recovery
Ben_Gurion * Latitude: 31.233300 * Longitude: 34.783300 * Location: Israel * Method/Device: Sampling by hand (HAND) * Comment: Position estimated from position of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. d'Hondt, SL; Keller, G (1991): (Table Ia) Planktic foraminifera abundances in the latest Cretaceous sample interval of DSDP Hole 74-528 on the Walvish Ridge, South Atlantic. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.687263
  2. d'Hondt, SL; Keller, G (1991): (Table Ib) Planktic foraminifera abundances in the earliest Paleocene sample interval of DSDP Hole 74-528 on the Walvish Ridge, South Atlantic. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.687264
  3. d'Hondt, SL; Keller, G (1991): (Table IIIa) Planktic foraminifera abundances in the latest Cretaceous sample interval of DSDP Hole 86-577 from the Shatsky Rise, western Pacific Ocean. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.687269
  4. d'Hondt, SL; Keller, G (1991): (Table IIIb) Planktic foraminifera abundances in the earliest Paleocene sample interval of DSDP Hole 86-577 from the Shatsky Rise, western Pacific Ocean. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.687270
  5. d'Hondt, SL; Keller, G (1991): (Table IIa) Planktic foraminifera abundances in the latest Cretaceous sample interval of the Ben Gurion Section, Israel. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.687267
  6. d'Hondt, SL; Keller, G (1991): (Table IIb) Planktic foraminifera abundances in the earliest Paleocene sample interval of the Ben Gurion Section, Israel. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.687268