Isotopic composition and Strontium/Calcium ratios of foraminifera of ODP Holes 113-689B and 113-690C ...

• Main Authors: Barrera, Enriqueta C, Huber, Brian T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1990
• Subjects: Drilling/drill rig; Leg113; Joides Resolution; Ocean Drilling Program ODP; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.754337; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.754337

Oxygen and carbon isotopic ratios were measured from Maestrichtian benthic and planktonic foraminifer species and bulk carbonate samples from ODP Sites 689 and 690, drilled on the Maud Rise during Leg 113. Careful scanning electron microscope observations reveal that test calcite in some intervals was diagenetically altered, although Sr/Ca and isotopic ratios of these tests do not appear to have been modified significantly. Foraminifer d18O values at both sites document a cooling trend during early Maestrichtian time, a rapid drop in water temperatures at the time of the first appearance of Abathomphalus mayaroensis in the high southern latitude regions (about 69.9 Ma), and lower water temperatures during late Maestrichtian time. d13C values record a depletion in 13C in the latest early Maestrichtian time beginning at about 72.2 Ma, just prior to the sharp late Maestrichtian increase in d18O values. These trends are similar to those previously reported for well-preserved benthic foraminifer species from ... : Supplement to: Barrera, Enriqueta C; Huber, Brian T (1990): Evolution of Antarctic waters during the Maestrichtian: foraminifer oxygen and carbon isotope ratios, Leg 113. In: Barker, PF; Kennett, JP; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 113, 813-827 ...