Age determination of Paleogene sediments from the Prysz Bay ...
Age dating of Paleogene diamictites from ODP Site 739 in Prydz Bay with marine microfossils (diatoms and calcareous nannofossils) suggests the build-up of a major East Antarctic ice shield in latest Eocene to earliest Oligocene time, about 35-38 m.y. ago. Strontium isotopic analyses of small mollusk...
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| Language: | English |
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PANGAEA
1991
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.758206 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.758206 |
| Summary: | Age dating of Paleogene diamictites from ODP Site 739 in Prydz Bay with marine microfossils (diatoms and calcareous nannofossils) suggests the build-up of a major East Antarctic ice shield in latest Eocene to earliest Oligocene time, about 35-38 m.y. ago. Strontium isotopic analyses of small mollusk remains found within these diamictites, however, yield younger ages ranging from 29 to 23 Ma (i.e., latest early Oligocene to earliest Miocene). These age discrepancies could be caused by repeated glacial reworking of microfossils, macrofossils, and sediment clasts through the late Oligocene or, alternatively, by ion exchange in the still aragonitic mollusk shells. ... : Supplement to: Thierstein, Hans R; MacDougall, J Douglas; Martin, Ellen E; Larsen, Birger; Barron, John A; Baldauf, Jack G (1991): Age determinations of Paleogene Diamictites from Prydz Bay (Site 739), Antarctica, using sr isotopes of mollusks and biostratigraphy of microfossils (diatoms and coccoliths). In: Barron, J; Larsen, B; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 119, 739-745 ... |
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