The Wunstorf Drilling Project: Coring a Global Stratigraphic Reference Section of the Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

• Published in: Scientific Drilling
• Main Authors: Markus Wilmsen, Jörg Mutterlose, Jochen Erbacher, the Wunstorf Drilling Scientific Party, Thomas Wonik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2007
• Subjects: Wunstorf Core; Geology; QE1-996.5; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2204/iodp.sd.4.05.2007; https://doaj.org/article/61036b5aed5f43119944b13e423c7997

The Wunstorf drilling project aims at establishing a high resolution stable isotope record for the black shale succession (OAE 2) of the CTBI and developing this into a globally applicable high resolutionbio- and chemostratigraphic reference section. Disciplines involved include micropaleontology (calcareous nannofossils, planktonic foraminifera), macropaleontology (ammonites, inoceramids), stable isotopes and cyclostratigraphy mainly based on borehole logging, multisensor core logging, and x-ray flflfluorescence (XRF) scanning data. The combination of geochemical, paleontological, and logging data will allow high resolution chemo- and biostratigraphy for the CTBI which may in the future serve as an international standard.