Gulf of Mexico Neogene astronomically-tuned time scale ...

• Main Authors: Bergen, James A, Truax III, S, de Kaenel, Eric P, Blair, Stacie A, Browning, Emily L, Lundquist, J, Boesiger, Todd, Bolivar, M, Clark, K
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2019
• Subjects: Ocean Drilling Program ODP; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.897069; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.897069

This paper introduces an integrated Neogene microfossil biostratigraphic chart developed within post-merger BP for the Gulf of Mexico Basin and is the first published industrial framework "fully-tuned" to orbital periodicities. Astronomical-tuning was accomplished through a 15-year research program on ODP Leg 154 sediments (offshore NE Brazil) with sampling resolution for calcareous nannofossils and planktonic foraminifera about 20 k.y. and 40 k.y. (thousand year), respectively. This framework extends from the Late Oligocene (25.05 Ma) to Recent at an average Chart Horizon resolution for the Neogene of 144 k.y., approximately double that of published Gulf of Mexico biostratigraphic charts and a five-fold increase over the highest resolution global calcareous microfossil biozonation. Such resolution approximates that of 4th to 5th order parasequences and is a critical component in the verification of seismic correlations between mini-basins in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico. Its utility in global time-scale ... : Supplement to: Bergen, James A; Truax III, S; de Kaenel, Eric P; Blair, Stacie A; Browning, Emily L; Lundquist, J; Boesiger, Todd; Bolivar, M; Clark, K (2019): BP Gulf of Mexico Neogene Astronomically-tuned Time Scale (BP GNATTS). Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 131(11-12), 1871-1888 ...