Benthic foraminiferal response to the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama and coincident paleoceanographic changes

• Main Author: McDougall, Kristin
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1996
• Subjects: 68-502A; 68-503A; Caribbean Sea/RIDGE; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Leg68; North Pacific/FLANK; Antarctic; Pacific; Antarc*; NADW; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.682255; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.682255

Late Cenozoic benthic foraminiferal faunas from the Caribbean Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Site 502 (3052 m) and East Pacific DSDP Site 503 (3572 m) were analyzed to interpret bottom-water masses and paleoceanographic changes occurring as the Isthmus of Panama emerged. Major changes during the p...