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Thomas, Ellen (1990): Maestrichtian through Neogene benthic foraminifers of Maud Rise [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.753217, Supplement to: Thomas, E (1990): Late Cretaceous through Neogene deep-sea benthic foraminifers (Maud Rise, Weddell Sea, Antarctica). In: Barker, PF; Kennett, JP; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 113, 571-594, https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.113.123.1990

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Abstract:
Upper abyssal to lower bathyal benthic foraminifers from ODP Sites 689 (present water depth 2080 m) and 690 (present water depth 2941 m) on Maud Rise (eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica) are reliable indicators of Maestrichtian through Neogene changes in the deep-water characteristics at high southern latitudes. Benthic foraminiferal faunas were divided into eight assemblages, with periods of faunal change at the early/late Maestrichtian boundary (69 Ma), at the early/late Paleocene boundary (62 Ma), in the latest Paleocene (57.5 Ma), in the middle early Eocene to late early Eocene (55-52 Ma), in the middle middle Eocene (46 Ma), in the late Eocene (38.5 Ma), and in the middle-late Miocene (14.9-11.5 Ma). These periods of faunal change may have occurred worldwide at the same time, although specific first and last appearances of deep-sea benthic foraminifers are commonly diachronous. There were minor faunal changes at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary (less than 14∞7o of the species had last appearances at Site 689, less than 9% at Site 690). The most abrupt benthic foraminiferal faunal event occurred in the latest Paleocene, when the diversity dropped by 50% (more than 35% of species had last appearances) over a period of less than 25,000 years; after the extinction the diversity remained low for about 350,000 years.
The highest diversities of the post-Paleocene occurred during the middle Eocene; from that time on the diversity decreased steadily at both sites. Data on faunal composition (percentage of infaunal versus epifaunal species) suggest that the waters bathing Maud Rise were well ventilated during the Maestrichtian through early Paleocene as well as during the latest Eocene through Recent. The waters appeared to be less well ventilated during the late Paleocene as well as the late middle through early late Eocene, with the least degree of ventilation during the latest Paleocene through early Eocene. The globally recognized extinction of deep-sea benthic foraminifers in the latest Paleocene may have been caused by a change in formational processes of the deep to intermediate waters of the oceans: from formation of deep waters by sinking at high latitudes to formation of deep to intermediate water of the oceans by evaporation at low latitudes. Benthic foraminiferal data (supported by carbon and oxygen isotopic data) suggest that there was a short period of intense formation of warm, salty deep water at the end of the Paleocene (with a duration of about 0.35 m.y.), and that less intense, even shorter episodes might have occurred during the late Paleocene and early Eocene.
The faunal record from the Maud Rise sites agrees with published faunal and isotopic records, suggesting cooling of deep to intermediate waters in the middle through late Eocene.
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Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -64.838833 * Median Longitude: 2.152508 * South-bound Latitude: -65.160667 * West-bound Longitude: 1.204867 * North-bound Latitude: -64.517000 * East-bound Longitude: 3.100150
Date/Time Start: 1987-01-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-01-23T00:00:00
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113-689 * Latitude: -64.517000 * Longitude: 3.100150 * Date/Time Start: 1987-01-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-01-19T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2091.0 m * Penetration: 470.5 m * Recovery: 375.3 m * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Leg113 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 49 cores; 450.1 m cored; 0 m drilled; 83.4% recovery
113-690 * Latitude: -65.160667 * Longitude: 1.204867 * Date/Time Start: 1987-01-19T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-01-23T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2925.0 m * Penetration: 542.3 m * Recovery: 401.7 m * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Leg113 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 49 cores; 421.7 m cored; 0 m drilled; 95.3% recovery
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  1. Thomas, E (1990): (Appendix 2, Part 1) Distribution of Eocene to Recent benthic foraminifera in ODP Site 113-689. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.753209
  2. Thomas, E (1990): (Appendix 2, Part 2) Distribution of Maestrichtian to Paleocene benthic foraminifera in ODP Site 113-689. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.753212
  3. Thomas, E (1990): (Appendix 2, Part 3) Distribution of Eocene to Recent benthic foraminifera in ODP Site 113-690. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.753214
  4. Thomas, E (1990): (Appendix 2, Part 4) Distribution of Maestrichtian to Paleocene benthic foraminifera in ODP Site 113-690. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.753216