Eocene through Pleistocene planktonic foraminifera off Peru

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author Ibaraki, Masako
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contents Planktonic foraminifers were studied from 213 samples collected during Leg 112 at 10 sites located on the continental shelf and slope off Peru. Because planktonic foraminifers occur discontinuously downcore, detailed biostratigraphic zonation was not defined. However, it was possible to distinguish early and middle Eocene, early and late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene sediments on the basis of the planktonic foraminifers. The oldest sediments of Zone P6 of early Eocene age were obtained from the basal part of Hole 688E, which was penetrated to 779.0 m below seafloor (bsf). A biosiliceous facies of the area predominates above the N6-N7 zonal interval of early Miocene age. All sites are within the present coastal upwelling area off Peru, and many of the late Pliocene and Pleistocene assemblages are similar to those that are characteristic of modern upwelling areas. The core samples differ, however, by having a predominance of cold-water elements, such as Neogloboquadrina incompta and N. pachyderma. Warm-water species are prevalent at some horizons in the cores, suggesting shifts of the coastal upwelling centers or warmer climatic events.
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spellingShingle Eocene through Pleistocene planktonic foraminifera off Peru
Ibaraki, Masako
112-681A; 112-681B; 112-682A; 112-683A; 112-683B; 112-684A; 112-684C; 112-685A; 112-686A; 112-686B; 112-687A; 112-687B; 112-688A; 112-688E; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Joides Resolution; Leg112; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; South Pacific Ocean
Planktonic foraminifers were studied from 213 samples collected during Leg 112 at 10 sites located on the continental shelf and slope off Peru. Because planktonic foraminifers occur discontinuously downcore, detailed biostratigraphic zonation was not defined. However, it was possible to distinguish early and middle Eocene, early and late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene sediments on the basis of the planktonic foraminifers. The oldest sediments of Zone P6 of early Eocene age were obtained from the basal part of Hole 688E, which was penetrated to 779.0 m below seafloor (bsf). A biosiliceous facies of the area predominates above the N6-N7 zonal interval of early Miocene age. All sites are within the present coastal upwelling area off Peru, and many of the late Pliocene and Pleistocene assemblages are similar to those that are characteristic of modern upwelling areas. The core samples differ, however, by having a predominance of cold-water elements, such as Neogloboquadrina incompta and N. pachyderma. Warm-water species are prevalent at some horizons in the cores, suggesting shifts of the coastal upwelling centers or warmer climatic events.
title Eocene through Pleistocene planktonic foraminifera off Peru
topic 112-681A; 112-681B; 112-682A; 112-683A; 112-683B; 112-684A; 112-684C; 112-685A; 112-686A; 112-686B; 112-687A; 112-687B; 112-688A; 112-688E; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Joides Resolution; Leg112; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; South Pacific Ocean
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.745615