Monts, Lee A. (1989): Late Oligocene through Quaternary shape changes in the benthic foraminiferal species Globocassidulina subglobosa (Brady), North Atlantic Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 608

Leg/Site/Hole:
DSDP 94
DSDP 94 608
Identifier:
1995-001613
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Creator:
Monts, Lee A.
author

Identification:
Late Oligocene through Quaternary shape changes in the benthic foraminiferal species Globocassidulina subglobosa (Brady), North Atlantic Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 608
1989
113 pp.
A detailed morphometric study was conducted on the benthic foraminiferal species Globocassidulina subglobosa from late Oligocene through Quaternary sediments from North Atlantic DSDP Site 608. A total of 53 samples were analyzed via computer-assisted image analysis with the objective of extracting paleoceanographic and biostratigraphic information from morphological changes in this benthic foraminiferal taxa. The shape characteristics of G. subglobosa were quantified using Fourier Series Analysis in closed form. Maximum Entropy Analysis was then used to determine that harmonic 2 (test elongation) and harmonic 3 (test triangularity) exhibited the maximum contrast among the population examined. EXTENDED CABFAC/EXTENDED QMODEL (ECEQ) was employed to determine the number of end members within the data set and the relative proportion of each end member present in each sample. A five end member solution was chosen for both harmonic 2 and harmonic 3, capturing 98.24% and 98.12% of the variance, respectively. Many large changes are seen in the end member proportions and the mean harmonic amplitude values with respect to age (Ma). The timings of these morphological changes have been associated with several paleoceanographic events of the Neogene, including the isolation of the Mediterranean from the world ocean, uplift of the Isthmus of Panama and Northern Hemisphere Glaciation. Limited biostratigraphic ranges were also obtained from the ECEQ results, such as the unique co-occurrence of non-elongate and very elongate morphotypes during the Pleistocene. Continued research on the isotopic compositions of the different morphotypes is needed in order to acquire paleobiological information to more fully understand benthic foraminiferal population structure.
English
Thesis or Dissertation
Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:42.5013
West:-23.0515East: -23.0515
South:42.5012

Invertebrate paleontology; assemblages; Atlantic Ocean; benthic taxa; biostratigraphy; Cassidulinacea; Cenozoic; changes; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DSDP Site 608; Foraminifera; Fourier analysis; Globocassidulina; Globocassidulina subglobosa; Invertebrata; IPOD; Leg 94; maximum entropy analysis; measurement; microfossils; morphology; North Atlantic; Oligocene; paleo-oceanography; Paleogene; paleogeography; Protista; Quaternary; Rotaliina; statistical analysis; Tertiary; time factor; upper Oligocene; variance analysis;

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