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Abstract
The Eocene-Oligocene boundary in Mississippi and Alabama has been traditionally placed between the Shubuta Member of the Yazoo Formation and the overlying Red Bluff Formation (or its carbonate facies equivalent, the Bumpnose Formation). Consequently, the presence of Eocene planktonic foraminifers in the Red Bluff and Bumpnose has long been attributed to reworking. To test the validity of this hypothesis, samples were collected on both sides of the boundary from the upper "Shubuta" and Bumpnose units at Little Stave Creek, Alabama, and were examined for both calcareous nannofossil and planktonic foraminiferal content. The calcereous nannofossil assemblage, preserved in the matrix from inside handpicked specimens of Hantkenina from both units, was demonstrably older than the calcareous nannofossil assemblage from the surrounding sediment. Thus, at least some of the Hantkenina specimens in both the "Shubuta" and Bumpnose are indeed reworked, which not only confirms the original hypothesis regarding reworking within the Red Bluff and Bumpnose, but also indicates that the last occurrence of Hantkenina, the "Shubuta"-Bumpnose contact, and the Eocene-Oligocene boundary in the U.S. Gulf Coast may not be equivalent.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Reworked Hantkenina speciments at Little Stave Creek, Alabama |
| Series title | Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions |
| Volume | 33 |
| Year Published | 1983 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association of Petroleum Geologists |
| Contributing office(s) | Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 253 |
| Last page | 256 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| Other Geospatial | Little Stave Creek |
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