Benthic foraminifera extinction at the base of the Brunhes Chronozone at ODP Holes 108-658A and 108-659A

• Main Authors: Weinholz, Peter, Lutze, Gerhard F
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1989
• Subjects: 108-658A; 108-659A; Canarias Sea; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Joides Resolution; Leg108; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.746204; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.746204

A faunal boundary found at the base of the Brunhes Chronozone at Sites 658 and 659 confirms previous observations from several locations in the Atlantic Ocean and may be classified as a supraregional "extinction event". Several benthic foraminifer species typical of the Pliocene disappear...