Core data of orbitally tuned Sr-isotope chemostratigraphy for the Late Middle and Late Miocene

• Main Authors: Martin, Ellen E, Shackleton, Nicholas J, Zachos, James C, Flower, Benjamin P
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1999
• Subjects: 154-926; Age; calculated calendar years; Age model; COMPCORE; Composite Core; DEPTH; sediment/rock; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Joides Resolution; Leg154; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Sample code/label; Strontium-87/Strontium-86 ratio; North Atlantic; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.735728; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.735728

We present a Sr chemostratigraphic reference section for the late middle to late Miocene (14-5 Ma) from Ocean Drilling Program site 926 on the Ceara Rise. This site combines a precise, orbitally tuned timescale with a high sedimentation rate (15 m/m.y.), continuous deposition, and excellent biostratigraphic control. The Sr isotope curve is based on measurements of cleaned, planktonic foraminifera at 100-200 kyr sample intervals and it illustrates periods of rapid change in 87Sr/86Sr alternating with periods of little change. Chemostratigraphically-defined ages for these intervals can be determined within +/-0.8 m.y. and +/-1.6 m.y. respectively. There is excellent correlation with the published curve for site 588 [Hodell and Woodruff, 1994]; however the curve for site 747 [Oslick et al., 1994] exhibits less structure, which may be due to small errors in age estimates related to slow sedimentation rates, high-latitude fauna and an interval of complicated magnetics. Late Miocene data compare favorably with data from site 758 [Farrell et al., 1995].