Biostratigraphy of sediment core CRP-3 from the Ross Sea, Antarctica ...

• Main Authors: Harwood, David M, Bohaty, Steven M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2001
• Subjects: Core wireline system; CRP-3; Sampling/drilling from ice; Cape Roberts Project CRP; Cape Roberts; Harwood; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; antartic*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.510765; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.510765

Early Oligocene siliceous microfossils were recovered in the upper c. 193 m of the CRP-3 drillcore. Although abundance and preservation are highly variable through this section, approximately 130 siliceous microfossil taxa were identified, including diatoms, silicoflagellates, ebridians, chrysophycean cysts, and endoskeletal dinoflagellates. Well-preserved and abundant assemblages characterize samples in the upper c. 70 m and indicate deposition in a coastal setting with water depths between 50 and 200 m. Abundance fluctuations over narrow intervals in the upper c. 70 mbsf are interpreted to reflect environmental changes that were either conducive or deleterious to growth and preservation of siliceous microfossils. Only poorly-preserved (dissolved, replaced, and/or fragmented) siliceous microfossils are present from c. 70 to 193 mbsf. Diatom biostratigraphy indicates that the CRP-3 section down to c. 193 mbsf is early Oligocene in age. The lack of significant changes in composition of the siliceous ... : Supplement to: Harwood, David M; Bohaty, Steven M (2001): Early Oligocene siliceous microfossil biostratigraphy of Cape Roberts Project Core CRP-3, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica. Terra Antartica, 8(4), 315-338 ...