Pleistocene stratigraphy in the Devils Hole Area,Central North Sea: Foraminiferal and amino-acid evidence     

Karen Luise Knudsen  Hans Petter Sejrup 《第四纪科学杂志》1993,8(1):1-14

A detailed study of the foraminiferal assemblages from the 229.1-m-deep core 81/34 in the central North Sea has been combined with a series of measurements of the isoleucine epimerisation of foraminiferal tests. A total of 17 foraminiferal zones have been established and both the faunal compositions and the amino-acid values suggest that a major part of the sequence represents deposits of early and middle Pleistocene age. Only the uppermost zone is referred to the late Pleistocene. The sequence mainly comprises a series of marine zones from cold periods, but with some barren, possibly non-marine intervals in between. Only two of the foraminiferal zones can be referred to interglacial periods. The oldest one of these, defined here as the Devils Hole Interglacial, may belong to the latter part of the Cromerian Complex, while the upper warm interval is correlated with the Holsteinian of northwest Europe on the basis of its amino-acid values. A detailed stratigraphical correlation between core 81/34 and the neighbouring core 81/29 is suggested on the basis of their foraminiferal content, palaeomagnetic evidence and amino-acid measurements from both cores. A characteristic feature of both sequences is that most of the Quaternary record is missing. Similar episodic patterns of deposition and erosion have been reported previously from the North Sea area.  相似文献   

Palaeontology and taphonomy of Late Quaternary fossil assemblages at Somersham,Cambridgeshire, England,and the problem of reworking     

Richard G. West  Karen L. Knudsen  David N. Penney  Richard. C. Preece  J. Eric Robinson 《第四纪科学杂志》1994,9(4):357-366

Assemblages of foraminifers, ostracods and molluscs from temperate Ipswichian Stage (last temperate stage) sediments and overlying cold Devensian Stage (last cold stage) sediments at Somersham in the southern Fenland of Cambridgeshire have been analysed. The Ipswichian sediments contain faunas consistent with temperate brackish water conditions under tidal influence. The Devensian assemblages were recovered from a series of sands and gravels laterally accreting in a channel cutting into Ipswichian sediments. In contrast to the Ipswichian faunas, the faunas of particular Devensian samples show a complex mixture of temperate freshwater, brackish and marine taxa. The molluscs are mainly freshwater, with few land snails; they occur together with foraminifers and ostracods. Freshwater, brackish water and marine ostracods are present with foraminifers. A sample of Devensian fine laminated sediment in the channel was analysed for pollen; only abundant pre-Quaternary spores were present, with abundant foraminifers in the same sample. The taphonomy of the assemblages and the difficulties of their interpretation in environmental terms are discussed. The importance of taphonomy in assessing environments, climate, range of taxa and dating is stressed.  相似文献   

海州湾有孔虫埋葬群及其与沉积环境的关系   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

朱晓东  施丙文 《地理科学》1998,18(2):147-155

５２个表层沉积样品的定量分析表明,海州湾有孔虫埋葬群由１００多种组成,其中４４种为常见种,优势种有Ａｍｍｏｎｉａ ｂｅｃｃａｒｉｉ,Ｅｌｐｈｉｄｉｕｍ ｍａｇｅｌｌａｎｉｃｕｍ,Ｅｌｐｈｉｄｕｍ ａｄｖｅｎｕｍ及Ｔｅｘｔｕｌａｒｉａ ｆｏｌｉａｃｅａ等,据之可划分出：Ａｍｍｏｎｉａ ｂｅｃｃａｒｉｉ－Ｅｌｐｈｉｄｉｕｍ ｍａｇｅｌｌａｎｉｃｕｍ,Ａｍｍｏｎｉａ ｂｅｃｃａｒｉｉ－Ｅｌｐｈｉｄｉｕｍ  相似文献   

Foraminiferal selectivity towards bacteria: an experimental approach using a cell-permeant stain     

A.M. Langezaal  N.T. Jannink  E.S. Pierson  G.J. van der Zwaan   《Journal of Sea Research》2005,54(4):25

The behaviour of two species of foraminifera (Allogromia laticollaris and Ammonia beccarii) towards living and dead bacteria and inorganic particles was monitored using a cell-permeant fluorescent nucleic acid stain. The foraminifera were studied in seawater containing fluorescently labelled dead and living bacteria, and/or polystyrene particles of the same size as a control. Time-lapse observations under a fluorescence microscope clearly revealed pseudopodial transport of stained bacteria and uptake of bacteria inside the foraminifera. In contrast, no uptake of polystyrene particles was ever observed, although the foraminifera collected these particles and deposited them along the outside of the test. We conclude that foraminifera distinguish food and non-food particles while collecting. There appears to be a variation of uptake rate and final amount of ingested and digested bacteria. These variations occur between individuals of different size and species, and between sampling times (September 2001 and July 2002).  相似文献   

The stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental setting of Aptian OAE black shale deposits in the Pieniny Klippen Belt, Slovak Western Carpathians     

Jozef Michalík  Jn Sotk  Otília Lintnerov  Eva Halsov  Marta B&#x;k  Petr Skupien  Daniela Boorov 《Cretaceous Research》2008,29(5-6):871

During the Jurassic and Cretaceous, the Pieniny Klippen Belt units of the Outer Western Carpathians were situated on the edge of the Paleoeuropean shelf rimming the northermost margin of the Mediterranean Tethys. During the late early Aptian humid event, Lower Cretaceous pelagic carbonate (Maiolica) sedimentation was interrupted by terrigenous input as a consequence of the first major mid-Cretaceous climate perturbations. The fluctuation of radiolarian abundance indicated an expansion of the oxygen-minimum zone due to upwelling conditions and salinity changes. Foraminifera, radiolarians, non-calcareous dinocysts, and calcareous nannofossils encountered in the West Carpathian Rochovica section enable a comparison of the black shales of the upper lower Aptian Koňhora Formation with the well-known Selli Event. Subsequent anoxia patterns (depositional, productive, and stagnant) have taken part in the depositional regime. Early Aptian climate perturbations both in the Outer Western Carpathians, Swiss Prealps (situated in a similar position on the distal southern edge of the former Paleoeuropean shelf) and/or in other parts of the world are traceable with sedimentological, biological, and chemical proxies.  相似文献   

Paleocirculation and foraminiferal assemblages of the Cenomanian–Turonian Bridge Creek Limestone bedding couplets: Productivity vs. dilution during OAE2     

《Cretaceous Research》2016

The limestone–marlstone (or limestone–calcareous shale) bedding couplets of the lower Bridge Creek Member of the Greenhorn Formation coincide with Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 and the Cenomanian–Turonian stage boundary at 93.9 Ma, and are characterized by fluctuations in microfossil and macrofossil biofacies, and organic carbon. Since G.K. Gilbert (1895), these strongly alternating lithofacies have been attributed to climate and/or productivity cycles. Heretofore, only the calcareous shale and marlstone parts of the Bridge Creek bedding couplets have been quantitatively analyzed for planktic and benthic foraminiferal assemblages. In this study, foraminiferal assemblages extracted from the hard limestone beds are comparable with the muddier lithologies thereby allowing a quantitative evaluation of the foraminiferal response to cyclically changing conditions in the U.S. Western Interior Sea (WIS) that resulted in the deposition of these lithologic couplets. The results reveal a modest cyclical response of foraminiferal assemblages extracted from limestone beds compared to adjacent calcareous shale or marlstone. These include the absence of planktic planispiral morphotypes (Globigerinelloides), increase in the proportion of planktic biserial and triserial morphotypes (Heterohelix and Guembelitria, respectively), and an increase in the proportion of benthics relative to total foraminifera (decrease in percent planktics) in the limestone beds. Such conditions suggest that the limestones may have been more productive than the adjacent shales and marlstones. Reduced surface salinity and greater stratification of the upper water column may have also contributed to the differences in assemblages preserved in the marlstones and calcareous shales. The onset of OAE 2 in the late Cenomanian is marked by an abrupt benthic oxygenation event (‘Benthonic Zone’) as Tethyan waters were drawn well north into the WIS, and cool Boreal waters spread across northwest Europe, known as the Plenus Cold Event. At this time, the WIS became an important ocean gateway for surface ocean circulation with rising sea level that helped facilitate the development and spread of OAE 2. A cyclonic (counterclockwise) gyre circulation in the WIS during deposition of the lower part of the Bridge Creek was driven by the difference between precipitation in the north and evaporation in the south. The gyre is represented by two modes, strong and weak, responsible for deposition of the limestone and marlstone, respectively. For the middle and upper parts of the studied section representing the plateau of OAE 2 and subsequent peak transgression of the WIS, the counterclockwise gyre was driven less by E-P gradient but by the amount of surface runoff from both margins of the WIS with deposition of limestone beds during the wetter (strong) phase and marlstones during the drier (weak) phase. Highest levels of TOC redevelop after OAE 2 in the early Turonian with the incursion or development of an oxygen minimum zone at the time of peak transgression.  相似文献   

Indian monsoon variability during the last 46 kyr: isotopic records of planktic foraminifera from southwestern Bay of Bengal     

P. K. Gautam  A. C. Narayana  P. Kiran Kumar  P. G. Bhavani  M. G. Yadava  A. J. T. Jull 《第四纪科学杂志》2021,36(1):138-151

The Indian monsoon carries large amounts of freshwater to the northern Indian Ocean and modulates the upper ocean structure in terms of upwelling and productivity. Freshwater-induced stratification in the upper ocean of the Bay of Bengal is linked to the changes in the Indian monsoon. In this study, we test the usefulness of δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C variability records for Globigerina bulloides and Orbulina universa to infer Indian monsoon variability from a sediment core retrieved from the southwestern Bay of Bengal encompassing the last 46 kyr record. Results show that the northeast monsoon was dominant during the Last Glacial Maximum. Remarkable signatures are observed in the δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C records during the Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 to MIS-1. Our study suggests that Indian monsoon variability is controlled by a complex of factors such as solar insolation, North Atlantic climatic shifts, and coupled ocean–atmospheric variability during the last 46 kyr.  相似文献   

利用有孔虫壳体B/Ca比值再造古海水pH值及[CO3（2-）]的潜力     

乔培军  王婷婷  翦知湣 《地球科学进展》2012,27(6):686-693

有孔虫壳体B/Ca比值是一个极具潜力并且受到广泛关注的古海洋学方法,适用于恢复古海水pH值及[CO23-]。对于表层水,在一定条件下可以再造大气CO2浓度;对于深层水,可以指示洋流变化及水团变迁。且与硼同位素方法相比较,B/Ca比值分析更简易、稳定性更好,受溶解及沉积埋藏作用影响小,因而更适合于高分辨率的古海洋学分析。...  相似文献   

Planktic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Oceanic Red Beds in Kangmar,Southern Tibet,China     

LI Guobiao  WAN Xiaoqiao  PAN Mao 《《地质学报》英文版》2011,85(6):1238-1253

The planktic foraminifera of the Chuangde Formation (Upper Cretaceous Oceanic Red Beds, CORBs) as exposed at Tianbadong section, Kangmar, southern Tibet has been firstly studied for a detailed for a detailed biostratigraphy elaboration. A rich and well-preserved planktic foraminifera were recovered from the Chuangde Formation of the Tianbadong section and the Globotruncanita elevata, Globotruncana ventricosa, Radotruncana calcarata, Globotruncanella havanensis, Globotruncana aegyptiaca, Gansserina gansseri and Abathomphalus mayaroensis zones have been recognized. The planktic foraminiferal assemblage points to an early Campanian to Maastrichitian age for the CORBs of the eastern North Tethyan Himalayan sub-belt, which also provides a better understanding of the shifting progress of the Indian Plate to the north and the evolution of the Neotethyan ocean. The lithostratigraphy of the Chuangde Formation of the Tianbadong section comprises two lithological sequences observed in ascending succession: a lower unit (the Shale Member) mainly composed of purple (cherry-red, violet-red) shales with interbedded siltstones and siliceous rocks; and an upper unit (the Limestone Member) of variegated limestones. The strata of the Chuangde Formation in the Tianbadong section are similar to CORBs in other parts of the northern Tethyan Himalaya area of Asia (Gyangze, Sa’gya, Sangdanlin, northern Zanskar, etc.). The fossil contents of the Chuangde Formation in the sections (CORBs) studied provide a means of correlation with the zonation schemes for those of the northern Tethyan Himalayan sub-belt and the Upper Cretaceous of the southern Tethyan Himalayan sub-belt. Paleogeographic reconstruction for the Late Cretaceous indicates that the Upper Cretaceous Chuangde Formation (CORBs) and correlatable strata in northern Zanskar were representative of slope to basinal deposits, which were situated in the northern Tethyan Belt. Correlatable Cretaceous strata in Spiti and Gamba situated in the southern Tethyan Belt in contrast were deposited in shelf environments along the Tethyan Himalayan passive margin. CORBs are most likely formed by the oxidation of Fe(II)-enriched, anoxic deep ocean water near the chemocline that separated the oxic oceanic surface from the anoxic.  相似文献   

A geoarchaeological approach to the evolution of the town and port of Dover: Prehistoric to Saxon periods     

Martin R. Bates  Barry Corke  John E. Whittaker 《Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Geologists' Association》2011,122(1):157-176

Dover is located at the mouth of a narrow valley that forms the only significant break in almost 20 km of chalk cliffs along the Kentish Channel coast. This, together with the close proximity of the Continent, has ensured the site's standing as a port since pre-Roman times. However, little is known of the sequence of events associated with the transformation of the area since the later prehistoric period, and in particular the evolution of the harbour which has had at least four different locations. Work to regenerate central Dover has however provided opportunities to address these issues and we report here on geological evidence for harbour development and coastal change from the middle Holocene period to the present day.Foraminifera and ostracods recovered from boreholes and excavations in the town centre allow patterns of sedimentation to be identified and linked to archaeological finds such as the Dover Bronze Age Boat and Roman harbour installations. Radiocarbon dating, and archaeological spot-dating provides a chronological framework for these changes. In particular the later Prehistoric environments and their transformation to estuarine environments by the time of Roman activity in the area are examined (including the role of sea level change and coastal erosion). The history of sedimentation within the Roman harbour and the role played by human activity in accelerating sedimentation in the old valley mouth is also considered. Finally dune formation across former estuarine habitats is documented in the Anglo-Saxon period creating the topographic template on which the modern town is based.  相似文献