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McNulty, C L (1984): Distribution of recurrent planktonic and benthic foraminifera at DSDP Hole 75-530A [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810084, Supplement to: McNulty, CL (1984): Cretaceous foraminifers of Hole 530A, Leg 75, Deep Sea Drilling Project. In: Hay, WW; Sibuet, J-C; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 75, 547-564, https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.75.110.1984

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Abstract:
Hole 530A of Leg 75 is located in the southeastern corner of the Angola Basin of the South Atlantic (19° 11.26' S; 9°23.15 'E), on the abyssal seafloor (4629 m depth), close to the Walvis Ridge and near its junction with the continental margin. The hole penetrated 503 m of Cretaceous (Maestrichtian to Albian) and bottomed in basalt at 1121 m. No other hole of Leg 75 was drilled below the Neogene.
Most of the 10-cm**3 samples from Hole 530A were barren of foraminifers. Most of the foraminiferal populations recovered were barren of planktonic specimens. Consequently, no correlation with established planktonic biozones was possible, and correlation with European stages was limited to Maestrichtian-Campanian, Santonian-Coniacian, ?lower Turonian, and Albian.
Most of the benthic species were interpreted to be displaced - not reworked nor redrilled cavings. Recognition of the displaced faunas helped in recognizing indigenous benthic faunas and in interpreting their paleodepth and provincial implications. Displaced faunas have temporal and paleogeographical value but not Paleobathymetric value.
The prevalent general properties at Site 530 of sparsity of specimens, rarity of planktonic specimens, low taxonomic diversity of indigenous benthic faunas, and etched, worn, and broken specimens combined to indicate deposition well below the lysocline and near to, if not below, the carbonate compensation depth (CCD), or in the abyssal realm, during most of the Maestrichtian to Albian. Such a depositional environment is also implied by the primitive, quartzose, agglutinated faunas from noncalcareous red and green claystones, which occur with increasing prominence from the lower part of the Maestrichtian-Campanian interval to the bottom of the sedimentary section. The prominence, persistence, and physical condition of the displaced faunas suggest transport by a submarine fan system at some distance from the continental margin.
The faunas of Hole 530A resemble those of other paleoabyssal sites of the South Atlantic and Indian oceans and belong to the Austral Bioprovince. Latitudinal and provincial properties seem to diminish with depth, and the Albian indigenous benthic fauna is cosmopolitan. It is quite different from the Albian planktonic fauna of Hole 530A, which is definitely midlatitudinal and Austral, and from the Albian fauna reported from nearby Sites 363 and 364.
The principal event of the sedimentary record is a medial Cretaceous lacuna, which includes most of the Turonian and Cenomanian and some of the Albian. Such a lacuna is widespread in DSDP sites of the southern hemisphere. Possible hiatuses occur at the base of the Maestrichtian-Campanian and at the base of the Santonian-Coniacian intervals
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Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
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Latitude: -19.187700 * Longitude: 9.385800
Date/Time Start: 1980-07-29T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1980-07-29T00:00:00
Event(s):
75-530A * Latitude: -19.187700 * Longitude: 9.385800 * Date/Time: 1980-07-29T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4629.0 m * Penetration: 1121 m * Recovery: 617.5 m * Location: South Atlantic/RIDGE * Campaign: Leg75 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 107 cores; 986.5 m cored; 9.5 m drilled; 62.6 % recovery
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  1. McNulty, CL (1984): (Table 4) Distribution of recurrent benthic foraminifera at DSDP Hole 75-530A, from Campanian and Maestrichtian. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810082
  2. McNulty, CL (1984): (Table 3) Distribution of recurrent benthic foraminifera at DSDP Hole 75-530A, from Coniacian-Santonian to Albian. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810081
  3. McNulty, CL (1984): (Table 2) Distribution of recurrent planktonic foraminifera at DSDP Hole 75-530A. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810080