Agglutinated benthic foraminifera of the Upper Cretaceous ...

• Main Authors: Moullade, Michel, Kuhnt, Wolfgang, Thurow, Juergen W
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1988
• Subjects: Drilling/drill rig; Leg93; Leg103; Glomar Challenger; Joides Resolution; Deep Sea Drilling Project DSDP; Ocean Drilling Program ODP; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.743394; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.743394

A reexamination of the agglutinated benthic foraminiferal microfaunas found in the Upper Cretaceous red and brown clays of DSDP Hole 603B and ODP Holes 640A and 641A allows us to refine the initial shipboard biostratigraphic interpretation and to propose a fourfold zonation that can be used with some precautions in the oceanic realm. By means of various calibrations, an attempt is also made to integrate this zonation in a worldwide chronostratigraphic framework. The resulting chronologic control permits us to discern large differences in the rhythm of red clay deposition on either side of the North Atlantic Ocean. ... : For radiolarian distribution ODP Hole 103-641A and DSDP Hole 93-603B see Thurow 1988 dataset: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.743396 ...