Liu, Li (1996): Eocene calcareous nannofossils from the Iberia abyssal plain

Leg/Site/Hole:
ODP 149
ODP 149 897
ODP 149 899
ODP 149 900
Identifier:
2007-088084
georefid

10.2973/odp.proc.sr.149.207.1996
doi

Creator:
Liu, Li
Florida State University, Department of Geology, Tallahassee, FL, United States
author

Identification:
Eocene calcareous nannofossils from the Iberia abyssal plain
1996
In: Whitmarsh, Robert B., Sawyer, Dale S., Klaus, Adam, Beslier, Marie-Odile, Collins, Eric S., Comas, Maria Carmen, Cornen, Guy, de Kaenel, Eric, Pinheiro, Luis de Menezes, Gervais, Elisabeth, Gibson, Ian L., Harry, Dennis L., Hobart, Michael A., Kanamatsu, Toshiya, Krawcyzk, Charlotte M., Liu, Li, Lofts, Jeremy C., Marsaglia, Kathleen M., Meyers, Philip A., Milkert, Doris, Milliken, Kitty L., Morgan, Julia K., Ramirez, Pedro, Seifert, Karl E., Shaw, Timothy J., Wilson, Chris, Yin, Chuan, Zhao, Xixi, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program; scientific results, Iberia abyssal plain; covering Leg 149 of the cruises of the Drilling Vessel JOIDES Resolution; Balboa Harbor, Panama, to Lisbon, Portugal; sites 897-901, 10 March-25 May 1993
Texas A&M University, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, United States
149
61-78
Five sites were drilled on the Iberia Abyssal Plain, west of the Iberian Peninsula. Four holes (897C, 897D, 899B, and 900A) yielded Eocene sediments that consist of turbidites and contourites. The Eocene section above the continental crust at Site 900 is continuous (from nannofossil Zones NP10 to NP20) and considerably expanded because of the site's relatively shallow depth, which remained consistently above the carbonate compensation depth (CCD). Sites 897 and 898, situated in deeper water above the ocean/continent transition, on the other hand, have noncontinuous, relatively short Eocene sections (from Zones NP14 to NP20 at Site 897 and from Zones NP19 to NP20 at Site 899). Nannofossils are abundant, diverse, and moderately to poorly preserved; they provide the primary means of dating the Eocene sediments recovered during Leg 149.
Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:40.5019
West:-12.2847East: -11.3616
South:40.4059

Stratigraphy; abyssal plains; algae; assemblages; Atlantic Ocean; biostratigraphy; biozones; Cenozoic; contourite; cores; Eocene; Europe; Iberian abyssal plain; Iberian Peninsula; Leg 149; lithofacies; nannofossils; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic; Ocean Drilling Program; ocean floors; ODP Site 897; ODP Site 899; ODP Site 900; Paleogene; Plantae; reworking; Southern Europe; Tertiary; turbidite;

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