Gartner, Stefan; Shyu, Jih-Ping (1996): Pleistocene and late Miocene Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of ODP Hole 150-905A [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.761596, Supplement to: Gartner, S; Shyu, J-P (1996): Aspects of calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and abundance in the Pliocene and late Miocene of Site 905. In: Mountain, GS; Miller, KG; Blum, P; Pag, CE & Twichell, DC (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 150, 53-62, https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.150.039.1996
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Abstract:
Continental rise Site 905 yielded upper Miocene and Pliocene uniform hemipelagic mud (a contourite) from approximately 215 to 540 meters below seafloor. The nannofossil biostratigraphy of this interval was reexamined using closely spaced samples from core interiors. Additionally, total nannofossil abundances and dominant species and species group abundances were determined to evaluate the potential of this section for extracting sequence stratigraphic information. The data indicate that the putative hiatuses at the end of the late Pliocene (Zones NN17 and NN18) and in the early Pliocene (Zones NN13 and NN14) probably are condensed intervals, but the base of the late Miocene is almost certainly marked by an unconformity. Judging from carbonate content and sedimentation rate both, nannofossil abundance may be governed by carbonate dissolution or by siliciclastic dilution. Consequently, condensed sections cannot be identified by the abundance of pelagic component in the sediment alone, as is possible in equivalent age Gulf of Mexico sediments. Where nannofossil preservation is adequate in consecutive samples, as in the early Pliocene and latest late Miocene, total nannofossil abundance fluctuates regularly and with a periodicity of less than 105 yr, which suggests that dilution of the pelagic component occurred with a frequency probably related to astronomical forcing.
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Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
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Latitude: 38.613800 * Longitude: -72.283700
Date/Time Start: 1993-07-04T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1993-07-13T07:45:00
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150-905A * Latitude: 38.613800 * Longitude: -72.283700 * Date/Time Start: 1993-07-04T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1993-07-13T07:45:00 * Elevation: -2709.0 m * Penetration: 910.6 m * Recovery: 834.8 m * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Leg150 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 104 cores; 890.6 m cored; 0 m drilled; 93.7 % recovery
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- Gartner, S; Shyu, J-P (1996): (Figure 1) Calcareous nannofossil abundances in ODP Hole 150-905A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.761590
- Gartner, S; Shyu, J-P (1996): (Table 1) Nannofossil biohorizons and their depth of occurrence in ODP Hole 150-905A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.761592