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Thomas, Ellen (1985): Late Eocene to Recent deep-sea benthic foraminifera from the Central equatorial Pacific Ocean [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706198, Supplement to: Thomas, E (1985): Late Eocene to Recent deep-sea benthic foraminifers from the Central Equatorial Pacific Ocean. In: Mayer, L, Theyer, F, et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Washington (U.S. Govt. Print Office), 85, 655-694, https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.85.117.1985

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Abstract:
Benthic foraminifers were studied in upper Eocene to Recent core-catcher samples from DSDP Sites 573, 574, and 575. The sites are on a north-south transect from the equator to about 05°N at about 133°W, water depth 4300 to 4600 m. At Site 574 additional samples were used to study the Eocene/Oligocene boundary in detail. About 200 specimens were counted per sample.
The fauna is highly diverse (about 50 to 70 species per sample) and is of low dominance. The diversity is not related to age or sub-bottom depth. Many species are cosmopolitan and probably have wide environmental tolerances. Fluctuations in frequency of some taxa (e.g., Nuttallides umbonifera, Epistominella exigua, and Uvigerina spp.) cannot be correlated from one site to another.
Several common species (e.g. Oridorsalis umbonatus and Globocassidulina subglobosa) range from late Eocene to Recent. First and last appearances are generally difficult to define precisely because many species are rare. For some species these datums differ from one site to another, but several datum levels are within 1 m.y. at all sites. First and last appearances are most numerous in two intervals, the late Eocene to early Oligocene (about 32 to 37 Ma) and the early to middle Miocene (about 13 to 18.5 Ma).
Isotopic events occur within each of these periods of benthic faunal change, but the isotopic events have a shorter duration and start after the initiation of the changes in the fauna. Changes in deep-sea benthic faunal composition are not directly related to short-term oceanographic changes as expressed in isotopic records.
Related to:
Thomas, Ellen (1986): Changes in composition of Neogene benthic foraminiferal faunas in equatorial Pacific and North Atlantic. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 53(1), 47-61, https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-0182(86)90038-6
Project(s):
Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 3.519067 * Median Longitude: -133.891900 * South-bound Latitude: 0.498500 * West-bound Longitude: -135.036000 * North-bound Latitude: 5.850000 * East-bound Longitude: -133.309500
Date/Time Start: 1982-04-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1982-04-21T00:00:00
Event(s):
85-573_Site * Latitude: 0.498500 * Longitude: -133.309500 * Date/Time: 1982-04-02T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4301.0 m * Penetration: 7.453 m * Recovery: 4.926 m * Location: North Pacific/TROUGH * Campaign: Leg85 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 68 cores; 601.8 m cored; 0 m drilled; 81.9% recovery
85-574_Site * Latitude: 4.208700 * Longitude: -133.330200 * Date/Time: 1982-04-11T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4561.0 m * Penetration: 11.197 m * Recovery: 5.949 m * Location: North Pacific/TROUGH * Campaign: Leg85 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 92 cores; 734.2 m cored; 0 m drilled; 81% recovery
85-575_Site * Latitude: 5.850000 * Longitude: -135.036000 * Date/Time: 1982-04-21T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4536.0 m * Penetration: 4.418 m * Recovery: 3.75 m * Location: North Pacific/FLANK * Campaign: Leg85 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 60 cores; 374.5 m cored; 0 m drilled; 100.1% recovery
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  1. Thomas, E (1985): (Table 1) Timing of benthic foraminiferal datums in DSDP Site 85-573. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706193
  2. Thomas, E (1985): (Table 1) Timing of benthic foraminiferal datums in DSDP Site 85-574. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706194
  3. Thomas, E (1985): (Table 1) Timing of benthic foraminiferal datums in DSDP Site 85-575. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.706195