Latest Miocene to Late Pliocene Dinoflagellate Cyst Biostratigraphy of the Ocean Drilling Program Hole 642B on the Vøring Plateau
An updated Late Neogene dinoflagellate cyst biozonation of the Norwegian Sea is needed, as it, together with other recent zonations from the Iceland Sea, the eastern North Atlantic and the eastern North Sea (Denmark), will form a cornerstone for achieving a better age constraint of the Utsira Format...
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ftunivbergen:oai:bora.uib.no:1956/8413 2023-05-15T16:49:08+02:00 Latest Miocene to Late Pliocene Dinoflagellate Cyst Biostratigraphy of the Ocean Drilling Program Hole 642B on the Vøring Plateau Beck, Kristina Marie 2014-09-05T07:22:06Z 1744573 bytes application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1956/8413 eng eng The University of Bergen https://hdl.handle.net/1956/8413 Copyright the author. All rights reserved Dinoflagellate Cyst Biostratigraphy ODP642B 756199 Master thesis 2014 ftunivbergen 2023-03-14T17:43:37Z An updated Late Neogene dinoflagellate cyst biozonation of the Norwegian Sea is needed, as it, together with other recent zonations from the Iceland Sea, the eastern North Atlantic and the eastern North Sea (Denmark), will form a cornerstone for achieving a better age constraint of the Utsira Formation. In the present study magnetostratigraphically dated palynological samples from the Ocean Drilling Program Hole 642B, on the outer Vøring Plateau, eastern Norwegian Sea, have been studied, and a contribution to an up to date Late Neogene biozonation is made. The studied interval encompasses the Late Messinian to the Early Piazencian, and has been divided into a local zonation scheme of four interval zones (KMB-1-KMB-4). The KMB-1 Interval Zone (>5.82-5.33 Ma) is defined by the highest persistent occurrence of Selenopemphix brevispinosa. The base is presently not defined. The KMB-2 Interval Zone (4.91-4.64 Ma) is defined from the highest persistent occurrence of Selenopemphix brevispinosa to the highest occurrence of Reticulatosphaera actinocoronata. The KMB-3 Interval Zone (4.50-3.60 Ma) is defined from the highest occurrence of Reticulatosphaera actinocoronata to the highest occurrence of Operculodinium? eirikianum var. crebrum. The KMB-4 Interval Zone is defined from the highest occurrence of Operculodinium? eirikianum var. crebrum, but the top is presently not defined. Within the KMB-1-KMB-3 interval zones, several dinoflagellate cyst and acritarch events have also been described. These zones and events were compared with the zonations from the Iceland Sea, the eastern North Atlantic and the eastern North Sea (Denmark). In general, this comparison revealed differences in the distribution and range of the dinoflagellate cysts and acritarchs, likely due to different latitudinal and oceanographic settings of the investigated locations. However, one good regional event and upper zone boundary, are clearly recognized in both the Icelandic Sea and the Norwegian Sea. Master i Geovitenskap MAMN-GEOV GEOV399 Master Thesis Iceland North Atlantic Norwegian Sea University of Bergen: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB) Norwegian Sea Utsira ENVELOPE(21.477,21.477,77.149,77.149) Vøring Plateau ENVELOPE(4.000,4.000,67.000,67.000) |
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An updated Late Neogene dinoflagellate cyst biozonation of the Norwegian Sea is needed, as it, together with other recent zonations from the Iceland Sea, the eastern North Atlantic and the eastern North Sea (Denmark), will form a cornerstone for achieving a better age constraint of the Utsira Formation. In the present study magnetostratigraphically dated palynological samples from the Ocean Drilling Program Hole 642B, on the outer Vøring Plateau, eastern Norwegian Sea, have been studied, and a contribution to an up to date Late Neogene biozonation is made. The studied interval encompasses the Late Messinian to the Early Piazencian, and has been divided into a local zonation scheme of four interval zones (KMB-1-KMB-4). The KMB-1 Interval Zone (>5.82-5.33 Ma) is defined by the highest persistent occurrence of Selenopemphix brevispinosa. The base is presently not defined. The KMB-2 Interval Zone (4.91-4.64 Ma) is defined from the highest persistent occurrence of Selenopemphix brevispinosa to the highest occurrence of Reticulatosphaera actinocoronata. The KMB-3 Interval Zone (4.50-3.60 Ma) is defined from the highest occurrence of Reticulatosphaera actinocoronata to the highest occurrence of Operculodinium? eirikianum var. crebrum. The KMB-4 Interval Zone is defined from the highest occurrence of Operculodinium? eirikianum var. crebrum, but the top is presently not defined. Within the KMB-1-KMB-3 interval zones, several dinoflagellate cyst and acritarch events have also been described. These zones and events were compared with the zonations from the Iceland Sea, the eastern North Atlantic and the eastern North Sea (Denmark). In general, this comparison revealed differences in the distribution and range of the dinoflagellate cysts and acritarchs, likely due to different latitudinal and oceanographic settings of the investigated locations. However, one good regional event and upper zone boundary, are clearly recognized in both the Icelandic Sea and the Norwegian Sea. Master i Geovitenskap MAMN-GEOV GEOV399 |
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Beck, Kristina Marie |
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Beck, Kristina Marie |
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Beck, Kristina Marie |
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Latest Miocene to Late Pliocene Dinoflagellate Cyst Biostratigraphy of the Ocean Drilling Program Hole 642B on the Vøring Plateau |
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Latest Miocene to Late Pliocene Dinoflagellate Cyst Biostratigraphy of the Ocean Drilling Program Hole 642B on the Vøring Plateau |
title_full |
Latest Miocene to Late Pliocene Dinoflagellate Cyst Biostratigraphy of the Ocean Drilling Program Hole 642B on the Vøring Plateau |
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Latest Miocene to Late Pliocene Dinoflagellate Cyst Biostratigraphy of the Ocean Drilling Program Hole 642B on the Vøring Plateau |
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Latest Miocene to Late Pliocene Dinoflagellate Cyst Biostratigraphy of the Ocean Drilling Program Hole 642B on the Vøring Plateau |
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latest miocene to late pliocene dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy of the ocean drilling program hole 642b on the vøring plateau |
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The University of Bergen |
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2014 |
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https://hdl.handle.net/1956/8413 |
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ENVELOPE(21.477,21.477,77.149,77.149) ENVELOPE(4.000,4.000,67.000,67.000) |
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Norwegian Sea Utsira Vøring Plateau |
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Norwegian Sea Utsira Vøring Plateau |
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Iceland North Atlantic Norwegian Sea |
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Iceland North Atlantic Norwegian Sea |
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