Upper Cenozoic silicoflagellates from offshore Ecuador, Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 504
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Abstract
Diverse and abundant late Miocene to Pleistocene silicoflagellates at DSDP Site 504 can be correlated by tropical biostratigraphic zones and relative paleotemperature values to eastern tropical Pacific reference site DSDP 503A farther to the west. Early Pliocene assemblages, which were poorly known until now, are present and can be correlated locally between DSDP Holes 504, 503A, and 495, using species events associated with the new Dictyocha pulchella Subzone and Dictyocha angulata Subzone. Silicoflagellate relative paleotemperature values show major warming at 4.7 to 5.0 Ma (Cores 45-48), 3.4 to 3.8 Ma (Cores 32-33), 1.5 to 1.7 Ma (Cores 12-16), and 0.5 to 0.8 Ma (Cores 3-6). Major coolings occurred at 5.0 to 5.1 Ma (Core 51), 3.9 to 4.4 Ma (Cores 38-44), and 1.0 to 1.3 Ma (Cores 8-10). The appearance of Dictyocha longa is proposed to replace the asperoid/fibuloid ratio reversal as the bottom of the Dictyocha fibula Zone, because the non-evolutionary ratio reverses several times in the upper Miocene of Hole 5O3A, and at least once in Hole 504. Three new Pliocene silicoflagellates are defined: Dictyocha concinna Bukry, n. sp., D. helix Bukry, n. sp., and D. tamarae Bukry, n. sp.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Upper Cenozoic silicoflagellates from offshore Ecuador, Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 504 |
| Series title | Initial Reports of the D.S.D.P. |
| DOI | 10.2973/dsdp.proc.69.113.1983 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Year Published | 1983 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Texas A&M |
| Contributing office(s) | Volcano Science Center |
| Description | 22 p. |
| First page | 321 |
| Last page | 342 |
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