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Snyder, Scott W; Waters, Virginia J (1985): Cenozoic planktonic foraminifera in the Goban Spur Region. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.816707, Supplement to: Snyder, SW; Waters, VJ (1985): Cenozoic planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Goban Spur Region, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 80. In: De Graciansky, PC; Poag, CW; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Washington (U.S. Gov. Printing Office), 80, 439-472, https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.80.110.1985

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Abstract:
Cenozoic planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy at DSDP-IPOD Leg 80 sites documents the existence of regionwide stratigraphic gaps in the Paleocene and middle Miocene. Episodes of carbonate dissolution also occurred during the Paleocene at several sites, particularly at Site 549, where destruction of foraminiferal tests may obscure evidence of an unconformity. The middle Miocene hiatus is apparent at each site where Neogene sediments were continuously cored. Upper Miocene sediments at Site 550 (the only abyssal site) are characterized by moderate to extensive dissolution of planktonic foraminifers, but they contain abundant specimens of Bolboforma that mark this stratigraphic interval (von Daniels and Spiegler, 1974, doi:10.1007/BF02986990; Roegl, 1976, doi:10.2973/dsdp.proc.35.133.1976; Murray, 1979, doi:10.2973/dsdp.proc.48.116.1979; Müller et al., 1985, doi:10.2973/dsdp.proc.80.117.1985). Although foraminiferal evidence is not conclusive, nannofossils indicate a widespread Oligocene unconformity (Müller, 1985). Several oceanographic factors, not just simple sea-level change, probably interacted to produce these regional unconformities.
There are also dramatic differences in the Cenozoic sedimentary record among Leg 80 sites, indicating that each has had a distinct geologic history. The thickness of the Cenozoic section varies from 100 m at Site 551 to 471 m at Site 548. The thickness of individual chronostratigraphic units also varies, as do the number and stratigraphic position of unconformities other than those mentioned. Differences in the stratigraphic record from site to site across the continental slope result from (1) location in separate half-graben structures, (2) varying location across the developing margin, and (3) difference in position relative to the seaward edge of the enclosing half-graben. Except for turbidites, deposition at Site 550 (abyssal) was largely independent of developments on the continental slope; but it was affected by oceanographic events widespread in the North Atlantic.
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Median Latitude: 48.904540 * Median Longitude: -12.792840 * South-bound Latitude: 48.515200 * West-bound Longitude: -13.439500 * North-bound Latitude: 49.088200 * East-bound Longitude: -12.164000
Date/Time Start: 1981-06-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1981-06-30T00:00:00
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