Late Miocene–early Pliocene planktonic foraminifer event-stratigraphy of the Bajo Segura basin: A complete record of the western Mediterranean
The Bajo Segura basin (eastern Betic Cordillera) has one of the most complete late Miocene–early Pliocene marine records of the western Mediterranean. An updated planktonic foraminifer zonal scheme based on recent astronomically tuned biozones is presented for this interval, documenting a complete s...
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ftunivalicante:oai:rua.ua.es:10045/62034 2023-05-15T18:00:41+02:00 Late Miocene–early Pliocene planktonic foraminifer event-stratigraphy of the Bajo Segura basin: A complete record of the western Mediterranean Corbí, Hugo Soria Mingorance, Jesús Miguel Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente Cambios Paleoambientales 2016-11 http://hdl.handle.net/10045/62034 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.08.004 eng eng Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.08.004 Marine and Petroleum Geology. 2016, 77: 1010-1027. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.08.004 0264-8172 (Print) 1873-4073 (Online) http://hdl.handle.net/10045/62034 doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.08.004 © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Biostratigraphy Planktonic foraminifera Tortonian Messinian Salinity Crisis Pliocene Betic Cordillera Bajo Segura basin Estratigrafía info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2016 ftunivalicante https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.08.004 2020-06-05T13:12:08Z The Bajo Segura basin (eastern Betic Cordillera) has one of the most complete late Miocene–early Pliocene marine records of the western Mediterranean. An updated planktonic foraminifer zonal scheme based on recent astronomically tuned biozones is presented for this interval, documenting a complete succession of biostratigraphic markers, from biozone MMi9 (earliest Tortonian) to MPl3 (latest early Pliocene), of likely significance for regional-scale correlation throughout the Mediterranean. The findings reveal a series of intrazonal events (some unreported until now in the Mediterranean Neogene basin), including the particularly interesting two influxes of the Globorotalia miotumida group during the Tortonian. These biostratigraphic findings are the basis for a framework of the major allostratigraphic units in the basin based on planktonic foraminifer event-stratigraphy: synthems Tortonian I, Tortonian II, Tortonian-Messinian I, Messinian II, and Pliocene. In addition, the timing of the main tectono-sedimentary and palaeogeographic events throughout the basin's evolution has been further constrained. Our results suggest that, at least in the Bajo Segura basin, the late-Messinian barren interval (non-distinctive zone) can be considered an ecobiostratigraphic zone (cenozone) characterized by dwarf fauna of planktonic foraminifera. Consequently, the Bajo Segura composite section can be regarded as a biostratigraphic reference section for Neogene basins in the Betic Cordillera and hence also in the Western Mediterranean. This paper was written in the context of the Paleoenvironmental Changes research group (University of Alicante, VIGROB-167) and supported by project GRE14-05 (University of Alicante). Article in Journal/Newspaper Planktonic foraminifera RUA - Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Alicante Marine and Petroleum Geology 77 1010 1027 |
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The Bajo Segura basin (eastern Betic Cordillera) has one of the most complete late Miocene–early Pliocene marine records of the western Mediterranean. An updated planktonic foraminifer zonal scheme based on recent astronomically tuned biozones is presented for this interval, documenting a complete succession of biostratigraphic markers, from biozone MMi9 (earliest Tortonian) to MPl3 (latest early Pliocene), of likely significance for regional-scale correlation throughout the Mediterranean. The findings reveal a series of intrazonal events (some unreported until now in the Mediterranean Neogene basin), including the particularly interesting two influxes of the Globorotalia miotumida group during the Tortonian. These biostratigraphic findings are the basis for a framework of the major allostratigraphic units in the basin based on planktonic foraminifer event-stratigraphy: synthems Tortonian I, Tortonian II, Tortonian-Messinian I, Messinian II, and Pliocene. In addition, the timing of the main tectono-sedimentary and palaeogeographic events throughout the basin's evolution has been further constrained. Our results suggest that, at least in the Bajo Segura basin, the late-Messinian barren interval (non-distinctive zone) can be considered an ecobiostratigraphic zone (cenozone) characterized by dwarf fauna of planktonic foraminifera. Consequently, the Bajo Segura composite section can be regarded as a biostratigraphic reference section for Neogene basins in the Betic Cordillera and hence also in the Western Mediterranean. This paper was written in the context of the Paleoenvironmental Changes research group (University of Alicante, VIGROB-167) and supported by project GRE14-05 (University of Alicante). |
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Late Miocene–early Pliocene planktonic foraminifer event-stratigraphy of the Bajo Segura basin: A complete record of the western Mediterranean |
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Late Miocene–early Pliocene planktonic foraminifer event-stratigraphy of the Bajo Segura basin: A complete record of the western Mediterranean |
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Late Miocene–early Pliocene planktonic foraminifer event-stratigraphy of the Bajo Segura basin: A complete record of the western Mediterranean |
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Late Miocene–early Pliocene planktonic foraminifer event-stratigraphy of the Bajo Segura basin: A complete record of the western Mediterranean |
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Late Miocene–early Pliocene planktonic foraminifer event-stratigraphy of the Bajo Segura basin: A complete record of the western Mediterranean |
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late miocene–early pliocene planktonic foraminifer event-stratigraphy of the bajo segura basin: a complete record of the western mediterranean |
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