King, S C; Kemp, Alan E S; Murray, John W (1995): Benthic foraminifera in Neogene laminated diatom ooze of ODP Hole 138-844C [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808203, Supplement to: King, SC et al. (1995): Benthic foraminifer assemblages in Neogene laminated diatom ooze deposits in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean (Site 844). In: Pisias, NG; Mayer, LA; Janecek, TR; Palmer-Julson, A; van Andel, TH (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 138, 665-673, https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.138.137.1995
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Abstract:
Several widely correlatable intervals of laminated Thalassiothrix diatom mat deposits occur in Neogene sediments recovered from the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. The presence of laminated sediments in extensive areas of the deep open ocean floor raises fundamental questions concerning the cause of preservation of the laminations and the nature of the benthic environment during episodes of mat deposition. Traditional explanations for the preservation of laminations have centered on restriction of dissolved oxygen. Studies of benthic foraminifers through the laminated intervals show no evidence for an increase in absolute or relative abundance of species characteristic of a low oxygen environment, but rather a decrease in relative abundance of infaunal forms attesting to the impenetrability of the diatom meshwork formed by the interlocking Thalassiothrix frustules. These results support evidence from coring of the high tensile strength of the Thalassiothrix laminations suggesting that the diatom meshwork was of sufficient tensile strength and impenetrability to suppress infaunal benthic activity. Comparison of the relative abundances of foraminifers in the enclosing ôbackgroundö sediment of foraminifer nannofossil ooze and the laminated diatom oozes shows that some epifaunal species (e.g., Cibicides spp.) increase in relative abundance within the laminated sediment, whereas others (e.g., Epistominella exigua) show a marked decrease in relative abundance. Other species show more complex changes in abundance related to the occurrence of the laminated sediments, which may indicate a combination of controls that include the physical nature of the substrate and the amount of organic flux.
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Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
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Latitude: 7.921310 * Longitude: -90.480760
Date/Time Start: 1991-05-11T10:24:00 * Date/Time End: 1991-05-12T08:04:00
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138-844C * Latitude: 7.921310 * Longitude: -90.480760 * Date/Time Start: 1991-05-11T10:24:00 * Date/Time End: 1991-05-12T08:04:00 * Elevation: -3414.5 m * Penetration: 180.1 m * Recovery: 189.34 m * Location: North Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg138 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 19 cores; 180.1 m cored; 0 m drilled; 105.1 % recovery
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- King, SC; Kemp, AES; Murray, JW (1995): (Appendix A) Relative abundance of benthic foraminifera in ODP Hole 138-844C. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808201
- King, SC; Kemp, AES; Murray, JW (1995): (Appendix B) Relative abundance of benthic foraminifera morphotypes in ODP Hole 138-844C. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808202