Bergen, J. A. (2004): Calcareous nannofossils from ODP Leg 192, Ontong Java Plateau. Geological Society of London, London, United Kingdom, In: Fitton, J. Godfrey (editor), Mahoney, John J. (editor), Wallace, Paul J. (editor), Saunders, Andrew D. (editor), Origin and evolution of the Ontong Java Plateau, 229, 113-132, georefid:2006-012374
Abstract:
Middle Miocene-upper lower Aptian calcareous nannofossils were recovered from Sites 1183-1187 drilled by Ocean Drilling Project Leg 192 on the Ontong Java Plateau. Nannofossil biostratigraphy indicates the presence of six unconformities among the five Leg 192 sites. These are: (1) between the lowermost Albian and upper middle Albian; (2) between the upper Albian and middle Coniacian; (3) within the lower Maastrichtian; (4) between the lower upper Maastrichtian and basal Danian; (5) within the upper Palaeocene; and (6) between the Oligocene and Miocene. Previous drilling before Leg 192 on the Ontong Java Plateau and in the SW Pacific (Legs 30 and 130) indicated two episodes for major emplacement of basement during the earliest Aptian and Turonian. The Leg 192 drilling was not able to confirm either of these episodes, but instead indicated that the emplacement of basement on the Ontong Java Plateau was relatively continuous from the latest early Aptian to latest Aptian. Results from Sites 1184 and 1185 indicate the possibility of another magmatic episode during the middle Eocene (Zone NP16).
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West: 161.4000 East: 164.1400 North: -.2100 South: -5.0100
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