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Wright, James D; Miller, Kenneth G (1992): Miocene stable isotope stratigraphy of ODP Hole 120-747A [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758917, Supplement to: Wright, JD; Miller, KG (1992): Miocene stable isotope stratigraphy, Site 747, Kerguelen Plateau. In: Wise, SW; Schlich, R; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 120, 855-866, https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.120.193.1992

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Abstract:
We correlated Miocene d18O increases at Ocean Drilling Program Site 747 with d18O increases previously identified at North Atlantic Deep Sea Drilling Project Sites 563 and 608. The d18O increases have been directly tied to the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale (GPTS) at Site 563 and 608, and thus our correlations at Site 747 provide a second-order correlation to the GPTS. Comparison of the oxygen isotope record at Site 747 with records at Sites 563 and 608 indicates that three as-yet-undescribed global Miocene d18O increases may be recognized and used to define stable isotope zones. The d18O maxima associated with the bases of Zones Mila, Milb, and Mi7 have magnetochronologic age estimates of 21.8, 18.3, and 8.5 Ma, respectively.
The correlation of a d18O maximum at 70 mbsf at Site 747 to the base of Miocene isotope Zone Mi3 (13.6 Ma) provides a revised interpretation of four middle Miocene normal polarity intervals observed between 77 and 63 mbsf at Hole 747A. Oxygen isotope stratigraphy indicates that the reversed polarity interval at 70 mbsf, initially interpreted as Chronozone C5AAr, should be C5ABr. Instead of a concatenated Chronozone C5AD-C5AC with distinct Chronozones C5AB, C5AA, and C5A (as in the preliminary interpretation), d18O stratigraphy suggests that these normal polarity intervals are Chronozones C5AD, C5AC, and C5AB, whereas Chronozones C5AA-C5A are concatenated. This interpretation is supported by the d13C correlations.
The upper Miocene magnetostratigraphic record at Hole 747A is ambiguous. Two upper Miocene d18O events at Site 747 can be correlated to the oxygen isotope records at Site 563 and 608 using the magnetostratigraphy derived at Hole 747B. Our chronostratigraphic revisions highlight the importance of stable isotope stratigraphy in attaining an integrated stratigraphic framework for the Miocene.
Project(s):
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Latitude: -54.811000 * Longitude: 76.794000
Date/Time Start: 1988-03-06T22:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1988-03-08T17:15:00
Event(s):
120-747A * Latitude: -54.811000 * Longitude: 76.794000 * Date/Time Start: 1988-03-06T22:30:00 * Date/Time End: 1988-03-08T17:15:00 * Elevation: -1706.0 m * Penetration: 256 m * Recovery: 227.34 m * Location: South Indian Ridge, South Indian Ocean * Campaign: Leg120 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 27 cores; 256 m cored; 0 m drilled; 88.8 % recovery
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Wright, JD; Miller, KG (1992): (Table 2) Stable oxygen isotope event stratigraphy and associated ages of ODP Hole 120-747A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758915
  2. Wright, JD; Miller, KG (1992): (Table 1) Stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of Cibicidoides spp. from ODP Hole 120-747A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758914