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Barash, Max S; Oskina, Natalia S; Blyum, Natalia S (1983): Planktonic foraminifera at DSDP Holes 72-516 and 72-518 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811803, Supplement to: Barash, MS et al. (1983): Quaternary biostratigraphy and surface paleotemperatures based on planktonic foraminifers. In: Barker, PF; Carlson, RL; Johnson, DA; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 72, 849-869, https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.72.142.1983

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Abstract:
Quantitative analysis was performed on the Quaternary planktonic foraminiferal fauna from Site 516, near the crest of the Rio Grande Rise, and Site 518, on the lower western flank of the Rise. From Hole 516, 46 samples were taken, and from Hole 518, 80 samples were taken. The mean interval between samples is 20 to 25 cm. About 50 species of Quaternary and Pliocene planktonic foraminifers were identified. Quaternary sediments, dated by the initial evolutionary appearance of Globorotalia truncatulinoides and other criteria, have thickness, of 9.8 m in Hole 516 and 16 m in Hole 518.
The Globorotalia truncatulinoides Zone is subdivided into four subzones or biostratigraphic horizons (from lower to upper): (1) Globorotalia crassaformis viola, (2) Globorotalia crassaformis hessi, (3) Globigerina calida calida, and (4) Globigerinoides ruber (pink). Thickness of these horizons in Hole 516 establishes the age of the boundaries between them as 1.47, 0.81, and 0.28 Ma, respectively.
All the Quaternary planktonic foraminiferal complexes sampled are subtropical. The region of the Rio Grande Rise, therefore, has been within the southern subtropical gyre continuously for the last 2 Ma.
The average annual surface water temperatures were reconstructed for the Quaternary at both sites. A micropaleontologic method for the paleotemperature analysis of the thanatocoenosis registers an average Quaternary temperature of 21.2°C at Site 516 and 21.7°C at Site 518. The temperature fluctuations increase up to 3.5°C during the accumulation of the two last horizons (since 0.81 Ma). Temperature peaks are tentatively compared with oxygen isotopic stages and with continental glaciations. Levels at which planktonic foraminiferal species disappear correspond to coldwater intervals.
In the Quaternary of Site 518, some layers show signs of dissolution. Corrosive to CaCO3, the northward flow of Antarctic Bottom Water through the Vema Channel increases during the cold periods. Site 518 has two layers of redeposited foraminiferal sand with Pliocene foraminifers. The average rate of the Quaternary sedimentation in Hole 516 is 0.52 cm per thousand years, and in Hole 518 it is 0.84 cm per thousand years.
Project(s):
Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -30.125000 * Median Longitude: -36.710250 * South-bound Latitude: -30.276300 * West-bound Longitude: -38.135300 * North-bound Latitude: -29.973700 * East-bound Longitude: -35.285200
Date/Time Start: 1980-03-11T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1980-04-02T00:00:00
Event(s):
72-516 * Latitude: -30.276300 * Longitude: -35.285200 * Date/Time: 1980-03-11T00:00:00 * Elevation: -1313.0 m * Penetration: 183.3 m * Recovery: 148.1 m * Location: South Atlantic/CONT RISE * Campaign: Leg72 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 40 cores; 166.1 m cored; 17.2 m drilled; 89.2 % recovery
72-518 * Latitude: -29.973700 * Longitude: -38.135300 * Date/Time: 1980-04-02T00:00:00 * Elevation: -3944.0 m * Penetration: 76.7 m * Recovery: 59.3 m * Location: South Atlantic/CONT RISE * Campaign: Leg72 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 18 cores; 72.3 m cored; 4.4 m drilled; 82 % recovery
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  1. Barash, MS; Oskina, NS; Blyum, NS (1983): (Appendix A) Distribution of planktonic foraminifera at DSDP Hole 72-516. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811800
  2. Barash, MS; Oskina, NS; Blyum, NS (1983): (Appendix B) Distribution of planktonic foraminifera at DSDP Hole 72-518. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811802