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Gibbs, Samantha J; Young, Jeremy; Bralower, Timothy J; Shackleton, Nicholas J (2005): Age model tie points of ODP Sites in the central Atlantic Ocean [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.694086, Supplement to: Gibbs, SJ et al. (2007): Nannofossil evolutionary events in the mid-Pliocene: an assessment of the degree of synchrony in the extinctions of Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus and Sphenolithus abies. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 217(1-2), 155-172, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.11.005

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Abstract:
The mid-Pliocene was an interval of subtle reorganisation within the nannoplankton community, including the prominent and biostratigraphically important last occurrences of Sphenolithus abies and Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus. The transition is part of the Pliocene to Recent "attrition" of nannofossil species that resulted from changes in the distribution of trophic resources, and deep-water and surface-water current systems, likely associated with the initiation of Northern Hemisphere glaciation.
The extinctions of Sphenolithus abies and Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus were analysed in detail at ODP Sites 659, 662, and 926 in the equatorial and subequatorial Atlantic. These taxa show significantly different patterns of duration and timing of decline based on high-resolution abundance records and calibration with oxygen isotope stratigraphy. The initiation of abundance decline between 3.71 and 3.67 Ma and the extinction of S. abies between 3.56 and 3.52 Ma are diachronous. This extinction may have been a response to the intensification of glacial intervals at this time. In contrast, the last occurrence of R. pseudoumbilicus at 3.81-3.82 Ma appears to be a valid example of biostratigraphic (although not necessarily biological) synchrony in the fossil record. Direct environmental forcing is not attributable for the extinction of R. pseudoumbilicus; however, indirect physical and/or biological environmental stress may explain the observed patterns.
Project(s):
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 6.801988 * Median Longitude: -25.224550 * South-bound Latitude: -1.390200 * West-bound Longitude: -42.908400 * North-bound Latitude: 18.077200 * East-bound Longitude: -11.739200
Date/Time Start: 1986-03-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1994-02-27T16:00:00
Event(s):
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
108-662A * Latitude: -1.390200 * Longitude: -11.739200 * Date/Time Start: 1986-03-24T03:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1986-03-25T07:45:00 * Elevation: -3824.0 m * Penetration: 200 m * Recovery: 203.87 m * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Leg108 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 22 cores; 200 m cored; 0 m drilled; 101.9 % recovery
154-926A * Latitude: 3.719100 * Longitude: -42.908100 * Date/Time Start: 1994-02-19T11:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1994-02-21T10:30:00 * Elevation: -3610.0 m * Penetration: 327 m * Recovery: 334.92 m * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Leg154 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 35 cores; 327 m cored; 0 m drilled; 102.4 % recovery
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  1. Gibbs, SJ; Young, J; Bralower, TJ et al. (2005): (Appendix B) Age model tie point of ODP Site 108-659 in the central Atlantic Ocean. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.694067
  2. Gibbs, SJ; Young, J; Bralower, TJ et al. (2005): (Appendix B) Age model tie point of ODP Hole 108-662A in the central Atlantic Ocean. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.694068
  3. Gibbs, SJ; Young, J; Bralower, TJ et al. (2005): (Appendix B) Age model tie point of ODP Site 154-926 in the central Atlantic Ocean. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.694074