Thibault, Nicolas et al. (2012): Upper Campanian-Maastrichtian nannofossil biostratigraphy and high-resolution carbon-isotope stratigraphy of the Danish Basin; towards a standard delta (super 13) C curve for the Boreal Realm

Leg/Site/Hole:
DSDP 74
DSDP 74 525
Identifier:
2012-076524
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10.1016/j.cretres.2011.09.001
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Creator:
Thibault, Nicolas
University of Copenhagen, Department of Geography and Geology, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Harlou, Rikke
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Denmark
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Schovsbo, Niels
GNS Science, New Zealand
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Schioler, Poul
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, France
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Minoletti, Fabrice
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Galbrun, Bruno
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Lauridsen, Bodil W.
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Sheldon, Emma
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Stemmerik, Lars
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Surlyk, Finn
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Identification:
Upper Campanian-Maastrichtian nannofossil biostratigraphy and high-resolution carbon-isotope stratigraphy of the Danish Basin; towards a standard delta (super 13) C curve for the Boreal Realm
2012
Cretaceous Research
Elsevier, United Kingdom
33
1
72-90
High-resolution carbon isotope stratigraphy of the upper Campanian-Maastrichtian is recorded in the Boreal Realm from a total of 1968 bulk chalk samples of the Stevns-1 core, eastern Denmark. Isotopic trends are calibrated by calcareous nannofossil bio-events and are correlated with a lower-resolution delta (super 13) C profile from Rordal, northwestern Denmark. A quantitative approach is used to test the reliability of Upper Cretaceous nannofossil bio-events and provides accurate biohorizons for the correlation of delta (super 13) C profiles. The Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary (CMB) is identified through the correlation of dinoflagellate biostratigraphy and delta (super 13) C stratigraphy between Stevns-1 and the Global boundary Standard Stratotype-section and Point at Tercis les Bains (SW France), allowing the identification of new chemical and biostratigraphic markers that provide a precise placement of the stage boundary on a regional scale. The boundary interval corresponds to the third phase of a stepwise 0.8 ppm negative delta (super 13) C excursion, lies in calcareous nannofossil subzone UC16d (super BP) , and encompasses the last occurrence of nannofossil Tranolithus stemmerikii and first occurrence of nannofossil Prediscosphaera mgayae. Fifteen delta (super 13) C events are defined and correlated to sixteen reliable nannofossil biohorizons, thus providing a well-calibrated standard high-resolution delta (super 13) C curve for the Boreal Realm. Abstract Copyright (2012) Elsevier, B.V.
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Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:57.0343
West:-1.0600East: 12.2700
South:43.4000

Isotope geochemistry; Stratigraphy; algae; Atlantic Ocean; biostratigraphy; biozones; Boreal Realm; C-13/C-12; Campanian; carbon; carbonate rocks; chalk; correlation; Cretaceous; Danish Basin; Deep Sea Drilling Project; Denmark; Dinoflagellata; DSDP Site 525; eastern Denmark; Europe; France; IPOD; isotope ratios; isotopes; Jutland; Landes France; Leg 74; Maestrichtian; Mesozoic; microfossils; morphology; nannofossils; Nordjylland Denmark; northwestern Denmark; palynomorphs; Plantae; Rordal Denmark; Scandinavia; sedimentary rocks; Senonian; Sjaelland; South Atlantic; stable isotopes; Stevns-1 core; Tercis les Bains France; upper Campanian; Upper Cretaceous; Walvis Ridge; Western Europe;

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