Cenozoic planktonic foraminifera in the Goban Spur Region ...

• Main Authors: Snyder, Scott W, Waters, Virginia J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1985
• Subjects: Deep Sea Drilling Project DSDP; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.816707; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.816707

Cenozoic planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy at DSDP-IPOD Leg 80 sites documents the existence of regionwide stratigraphic gaps in the Paleocene and middle Miocene. Episodes of carbonate dissolution also occurred during the Paleocene at several sites, particularly at Site 549, where destruction...