(Table T1) Distribution of selected calcareous nannofossils at the Paleocene/Eocene boundary, ODP Hole 208-1266C

• Main Authors: Monechi, Simonetta, Angori, Eugenia
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2006
• Subjects: 208-1266C; Biantholithus spp.; Biscutum spp.; Braarudosphaera spp.; Campylosphaera spp.; Chiasmolithus bidens; Chiasmolithus consuetus; Chiasmolithus solitus; Chiasmolithus spp.; Coccolithus pelagicus; Coccolithus spp.; Cruciplacolithus spp.; DEPTH; sediment/rock; Discoaster anartios; Discoaster araneus; Discoaster cf. lodoensis; Discoaster diastypus; Discoaster lenticularis; Discoaster mohleri; Discoaster multiradiatus; Discoaster nobilis; Discoaster salisburgensis; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Ellipsolithus distichus; Ellipsolithus macellus; Ericsonia spp.; Fasciculithus alanii; Fasciculithus clinatus; Fasciculithus hayi; Fasciculithus involutus; Fasciculithus spp.; Fasciculithus thomasii; Fasciculithus tympaniformis; Hornibrookina spp.; Joides Resolution; Leg208; Markalius spp.; Nannofossil abundance; Nannofossils preservation; Nannofossil zone; Martini; 1971; Neochiastozygus spp.; Neococcolithes spp.; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Shackleton; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.776114; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.776114

Ocean Drilling Program Leg 208 Hole 1266C (28°32.55'S, 2°20.61'E) is located along the northwestern flank of Walvis Ridge (South Atlantic Ocean). The location of Site 1266, at 3.798 km water depth, corresponds to a mid-depth site of the Leg 208 transect. A stratigraphically continuous and expanded sequence of upper Paleocene and lower Eocene pelagic nannofossil ooze was recovered. Three holes were cored at Site 1266, and from Hole 1266C, an expanded and continuous Paleocene/Eocene (P/E) transition was recovered using the advanced piston corer system. The successful recovery and well-preserved nannofossil assemblages make Hole 1266C a reference section for improving the knowledge of the Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum. The P/E transition is one of the most remarkable and intensively investigated time intervals. Significant and dramatic changes in climate and oceanography occurred at this transition. The P/E boundary is linked with an important turnover in benthic foraminifers and planktonic marine communities (Thomas and Shackleton, 1996, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.101.01.20; Kelly et al., 1998, doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00017-0; Monechi et al., 2000, doi:10.2113/171.4.477; Bralower, 2002, doi:10.1029/2001PA000662). This report documents the calcareous nannofossil assemblage fluctuations at the P/E boundary in Hole 1266C based on semiquantitative and quantitative investigations.