Biostratigraphic datums and magnetic properties of ODP Leg 178 sites ...

During Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 178, eight holes were drilled at three sites (1095, 1096, and 1101) on the continental rise along the western Antarctic Peninsula. The rise sediments proved to be good paleomagnetic recorders and provided continuous magnetostratigraphic records at all three si...

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Main Authors: Iwai, Masao, Acton, Gary D, Lazarus, David B, Osterman, Lisa Ellen, Williams, Trevor J
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2002
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.787319
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.787319
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Summary:During Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 178, eight holes were drilled at three sites (1095, 1096, and 1101) on the continental rise along the western Antarctic Peninsula. The rise sediments proved to be good paleomagnetic recorders and provided continuous magnetostratigraphic records at all three sites. Biosiliceous microfossils, particularly diatoms and radiolarians, were present in the upper Miocene through lower Pliocene sections. In the upper Pliocene to Pleistocene sections, biosiliceous microfossils were rare but calcareous nannofossils and foraminifers were present. This paper summarizes the biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy of Leg 178 continental rise sites and is the first attempt at direct calibration of Antarctic biostratigraphic events to the geomagnetic polarity timescale in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean. ... : Supplement to: Iwai, Masao; Acton, Gary D; Lazarus, David B; Osterman, Lisa Ellen; Williams, Trevor J (2002): Magnetobiochronologic synthesis of ODP Leg 178 rise sediments from the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean: Sites 1095, 1096, and 1101. In: Barker, PF; Camerlenghi, A; Acton, GD; Ramsay, ATS (eds.) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 178, 1-40 ...