Pospichal, James J; Wise, Sherwood W (1990): Maestrichtian calcareous nannofossils of MAud Rise, Weddell Sea [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.753195, Supplement to: Pospichal, JJ; Wise, SW (1990): Maestrichtian calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of Maud Rise ODP Leg 113 Sites 689 and 690, Weddell Sea. In: Barker, PF; Kennett, JP; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 113, 465-487, https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.113.124.1990
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Abstract:
Recovery of an essentially complete upper Maestrichtian/lower Paleocene interval on Maud Rise at 65 °S latitude in the Weddell Sea during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 113 marks the first time that this interval has been cored at these high latitudes. The entire interval was missing at all Falkland Plateau sites drilled during DSDP Legs 36 and 71. Maestrichtian nannofossil assemblages in sediments from Sites 689 and 690, therefore, provide the basis for a needed revision of Maestrichtian coccolith zonation schemes for high southern latitudes. Three zones and two new subzones are described: the uppermost Maestrichtian Nephrolithus frequens Zone, which is subdivided into the Cribrosphaerella daniae Subzone and the underlying N. corystus Subzone, and the Biscutum magnum and B. coronum Zones.
A complete calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy based on the proposed scheme is given including a description of individual species abundance, preservation, and stratigraphic distribution. At this site, the southernmost carbonate site yet drilled by DSDP/ODP, it is evident that the Falkland Plateau Nannofossil Biogeographic Province can be extended to the margins of Antarctica. In addition, the biogeographic ranges of many calcareous nannofossils can likewise be extended. Last, we hypothesize that Nephrolithus frequens evolved from N. corystus prior to its dispersal to the lower latitudes where it is an important zonal marker.
Three new taxa, Neocrepidolithus watkinsii n. sp., Nephrolithus frequens miniporus emend, n. comb, and Psyktosphaera firthii n. gen., n. sp. are described.
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Median Latitude: -64.838500 * Median Longitude: 2.152350 * South-bound Latitude: -65.160000 * West-bound Longitude: 1.204800 * North-bound Latitude: -64.517000 * East-bound Longitude: 3.099900
Date/Time Start: 1987-01-16T08:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-01-23T20:30:00
Event(s):
113-689B * Latitude: -64.517000 * Longitude: 3.099900 * Date/Time Start: 1987-01-16T08:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-01-18T06:45:00 * Elevation: -2091.0 m * Penetration: 297.3 m * Recovery: 229.45 m * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Leg113 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 33 cores; 297.3 m cored; 0 m drilled; 77.2 % recovery
113-690C * Latitude: -65.160000 * Longitude: 1.204800 * Date/Time Start: 1987-01-21T07:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-01-23T20:30:00 * Elevation: -2925.0 m * Penetration: 321.2 m * Recovery: 177.19 m * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Leg113 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 23 cores; 200.6 m cored; 0 m drilled; 88.3 % recovery
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- Pospichal, JJ; Wise, SW (1990): (Table 1) Distribution of calcareous nannofossils in ODP Hole 113-689B. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.753186
- Pospichal, JJ; Wise, SW (1990): (Table 2) Distribution of calcareous nannofossils in ODP Hole 113-690C. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.753192