(Table 1) Ostracode assemblage parameters in sediments of ODP Hole 113-689 ...

During the late Paleocene thermal maximum (ca. 55.50 Ma) mid-bathyal ostracodes at Maud Rise in the Southern Ocean (Ocean Drilling Program Site 689) underwent a sudden, dramatic turnover synchronous with a global extinction in deep-sea benthic foraminifers and with large-scale, short-lived negative...

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Main Authors: Steineck, P Lewis, Thomas, E
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 1996
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.712029
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.712029
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Summary:During the late Paleocene thermal maximum (ca. 55.50 Ma) mid-bathyal ostracodes at Maud Rise in the Southern Ocean (Ocean Drilling Program Site 689) underwent a sudden, dramatic turnover synchronous with a global extinction in deep-sea benthic foraminifers and with large-scale, short-lived negative excursions in the stable isotope record of foraminiferal calcite. A previously stable and long-lived ostracode assemblage, dominated by heavily calcified, chiefly epifaunal taxa, was replaced within ~10 k.y. by a taxonomically novel association of small, thin-walled opportunistic and generalist forms that persisted for ~25-40 k.y. Thereafter, ostracode faunas recovered and common bathyal forms returned, although species were smaller and/or less-heavily calcified than before the turnover. The complex fabric of change in ostracode shell morphology and assemblage composition and structure reflects both long-term and sudden perturbations in seawater chemistry at this site. Ostracode data are in agreement with the ... : Age model after Thomas et al. (1990; http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/113_SR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/sr113_51.pdf), as adapted by Thomas and Shackleton (1996; DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.101.01.20) to the stratigraphic interpretation of Aubry et al. (1996; DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.101.01.18). ...