Pospichal, James J. (2002): Speculations on the occurrence of the late Miocene species, Minylitha convallis, in Antarctic margin sediments

Leg/Site/Hole:
ODP 188
ODP 188 1165
Identifier:
2004-064654
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Creator:
Pospichal, James J.
Florida State University, Department of Geology, Tallahassee, FL, United States
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Identification:
Speculations on the occurrence of the late Miocene species, Minylitha convallis, in Antarctic margin sediments
2002
Journal of Nannoplankton Research
International Nannoplankton Association, The Hague, International
24
3
195-197
Rare to few specimens of the Late Miocene nannolith, Minylitha convallis, were noted in continental rise drift deposits recovered during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 188, Prydz Bay, Antarctica, at 64 degrees S latitude. This nannofossil species has not been previously reported at such an extremely high latitude, and this occurrence extends its known geographic range to the margin of Antarctica. Although its ecologic constraints are not well known, its presence in one sample, along with even more-rare specimens of Discoaster spp. and Sphenolithus abies, possibly indicates a very brief warming of seasurface temperatures near the Antarctic margin during the Late Miocene ( approximately 10.3-9.0 Ma).
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Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:-64.2200
West:67.1300East: 67.1400
South:-64.2300

Stratigraphy; algae; biostratigraphy; Cenozoic; continental margin; cores; Discoaster; Discoasteridae; Leg 188; lithofacies; marine environment; microfossils; Minylitha convallis; Miocene; nannofossils; Neogene; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 1165; paleoclimatology; paleotemperature; Plantae; Prydz Bay; sea-surface temperature; Southern Ocean; Sphenolithus; Tertiary; upper Miocene;

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