Hydraulic piston coring of late Neogene and Quaternary sections in the Caribbean and equatorial Pacific: Preliminary results of Deep Sea Drilling Project leg 68.

W. L. Prell, W. L. Prell, James V. Gardner, Charles Adelseck, Gretchen Blechschmidt, Andrew J. Fleet, Lloyd D. Keigwin, Dennis V. Kent, Michael T. Ledbetter, Ulrich Mann, Larry Mayer, William R. Reidel, Constance Sancetta, Dann J. Spariosu, Herman B. Zimmerman

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Abstract

The sediment of Site 502 (W.Caribbean) is primarily foram-bearing nanno marl which accumulated at c.3 to 4 cm/thousand yr. The bottom of Site 502 (228.7 m) is about 8 m.y. old. The sediment of Site 503 (Equatorial Pacific) is primarily siliceous calcareous ooze which accumulated at about 2 to 3 cm/thousand yr. The bottom of Site 503 (235.0 m) is about 8 m.y. old. The sediment at both sites shows a distinct cyclicity of CaCO3 content. These relatively high accumulation rate, continuous, undisturbed HPC cores will enable a wide variety of high-resolution biostratigraphic, paleoclimatic, and paleoceanographic studies.- from Authors

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)433-444
Number of pages12
JournalGeological Society of America, Bulletin
Volume91
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1980
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Geology

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