Palaeozoic microfossils from Orphan Knoll, NW Atlantic Ocean

• Main Authors: Hinte, J.E. van, Ruffman, A., Boogaard, M. van den, Jansonius, J., Kempen, T.M.G. van, Melchin, M.J., Miller, T.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: 38.20; Orphan Knoll; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317524; http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/148810

Orphan Knoll is an isolated, drowned continental fragment 550 km northeast of Newfoundland. The top of Orphan Knoll stands at 1800 to 2000 m and is marked by a series of protruding mounds. Dredging at the base of one of the mounds in 1971 obtained a suite of fossiliferous limestone pebbles that are...