The Disappearance of the Coscinodiscus Yabei Zone in the Subarctic Hokkaido Region

The overlapped ranges of Denticulopsis praedimorpha and Denticulopsis dimorpha, which belong to the same evolutionary lineage, were firstly recognized in the subarctic section of Hokkaido. The stratigraphic distribution of some diatom species around the boundary between the middle and late Miocene r...

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Main Author: Koizumi, Itaru
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 北海道大学
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2115/36767
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Summary:The overlapped ranges of Denticulopsis praedimorpha and Denticulopsis dimorpha, which belong to the same evolutionary lineage, were firstly recognized in the subarctic section of Hokkaido. The stratigraphic distribution of some diatom species around the boundary between the middle and late Miocene reveals diachronous distribution across the subarctic front by the effect of a "climatic wedge."