Uppermost Oligocene and Miocene diatom biostratigraphy of Ocean Drilling Program Sites 682 and 688 from the Peru Margin
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Abstract
The diatom biochronology of ODP (Ocean Drilling Program) Holes 682A and 688E provides a detailed framework for refiningMiocene diatom zonation in the East Pisco Basin of southern Peru, establishing both a nearly complete offshore reference section and a correlation tool for the fragmentary onshore vertebrate-bearing deposits. This new biostratigraphic record documents a complete succession of low latitude and/or northeastern Pacific Miocene diatom zones, with two notable exceptions: a dissolution and/or hiatus interval (*16.5–14 Ma) during the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum and a likely earliest Miocene hiatus (*23.4–21.8 Ma). Although eastern equatorial Pacific diatom zones characterize the Upper Oligocene and Lower Miocene strata, an increased abundance of cool-water diatoms that lived during the Middle and Late Miocene allows better application of northeast Pacific diatom zones, except during the Messinian (7–6 Ma) when warm-water diatoms predominate. The effects of eustatic sea level and tectonics on depositional sequences in the EPB and in offshore cores off central Peru are discussed.
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Coenen, J., Barron, J.A., Thomas J. DeVries, 2025, Uppermost Oligocene and Miocene diatom biostratigraphy of Ocean Drilling Program Sites 682 and 688 from the Peru Margin: Stratigraphy, v. 22, no. 3, p. 155-180, https://doi.org/10.29041/strat.22.3.01.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Uppermost Oligocene and Miocene diatom biostratigraphy of Ocean Drilling Program Sites 682 and 688 from the Peru Margin |
| Series title | Stratigraphy |
| DOI | 10.29041/strat.22.3.01 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 2025 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Micropaleontology Press |
| Contributing office(s) | Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center |
| Description | 26 p. |
| First page | 155 |
| Last page | 180 |
| Country | Peru |