(Table 2) Distribution of phytoliths in selected samples from DSDP Site 90-591

• Main Authors: Locker, Sigurd, Martini, Erlend
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1986
• Subjects: 90-591; 90-591A; 90-591B; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Epoch; Event label; Glomar Challenger; Leg90; Nannofossil zone; Phytoliths; Sample code/label; South Pacific/Tasman Sea/CONT RISE; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pacific; Antarc*; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.804035; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.804035

Phytoliths are described from deep sea sediments at Site 591 in the southwestern Pacific. Their regional distribution is related to the arid and semiarid regions of Australia, from where they were blown by westerly winds into the Tasman Sea area. The stratigraphic record ranges from the middle Mioce...