Diatom abundance and stratigraphy of ODP Hole 162-983A ...

High accumulation rates and the presence of well-preserved, abundant diatoms in Site 983 sediments from the Gardar Drift gave us the opportunity to refine the Pleistocene diatom biostratigraphic resolution of the high-latitude North Atlantic. Eight Pleistocene diatom datum events are identified and,...

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Main Authors: Koç, Nalân, Hodell, David A, Kleiven, Helga F, Labeyrie, Laurent D
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 1999
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.804982
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.804982
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Summary:High accumulation rates and the presence of well-preserved, abundant diatoms in Site 983 sediments from the Gardar Drift gave us the opportunity to refine the Pleistocene diatom biostratigraphic resolution of the high-latitude North Atlantic. Eight Pleistocene diatom datum events are identified and, for the first time, tied directly to the oxygen isotope record and paleomagnetic stratigraphy of Site 983. These datum events are (1) the last occurrence (LO) of Proboscia curvirostris at 0.3 Ma, (2) the LO of Thalassiosira jouseae at 0.3 Ma, (3) the LO of Nitzschia reinholdii at 0.6 Ma, (4) the LO of Nitzschia fossilis at 0.68 Ma, (5) the LO of Nitzschia seminae at 0.84 Ma, (6) the first occurrence (FO) of N. seminae at 1.25 Ma, (7) the FO of Proboscia curvirostris at 1.53 Ma, and (8) the FO of Pseudoeunotia doliolus at 1.89 Ma. Most of these datums are found to be synchronous between the middle and high latitudes of the North Atlantic and the North Pacific. On the basis of these datums, four high-latitude North ... : Supplement to: Koç, Nalân; Hodell, David A; Kleiven, Helga F; Labeyrie, Laurent D (1999): High-resolution Pleistocene diatom biostratigraphy of Site 983 and correlations with isotope stratigraphy. In: Raymo, ME; Jansen, E; Blum, P; Herbert, TD (eds.) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 162, 1-12 ...