Integrated quantitative biostratigraphy of the latest Tortonian-early Messinian Pissouri section (Cyprus): An evaluation of calcareous plankton bioevents |
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Authors: | Caterina Morigi Alessandra Negri Tanja Kouwenhoven Marie-Madeleine Blanc-Valleron Jean-Marie Rouchy |
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Institution: | a Dipartimento di Scienze del Mare, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Blanche, 60131 Ancona, Italy b Faculty of Geosciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands c Paleomagnetic Laboratory, Fort Hoofddijk, Utrecht University, The Netherlands d Département histoire de la Terre, UMR CNRS-MNHN-UPMC 5143, muséum national d’histoire naturelle, 43, rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France e Département des sciences de la Terre, université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay cedex, France |
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Abstract: | A quantitative study was performed on planktonic foraminifera and calcareous nannofossils of the astronomically dated Late Miocene Pissouri section (Cyprus). Our results confirm the reliability of well-known planktonic foraminiferal events as Catapsydraxparvulus LO (Last Occurrence), sinistral coiling change of Globorotaliascitula, Globorotaliamiotumida group FRO (First Regular Occurrence), Globorotalianicolae FO (First occurrence) and LO, sinistral coiling change of Neogloboquadrinaacostaensis and also of several important calcareous nannofossil events (Amaurolithusprimus FO, Amaurolithusdelicatus FO, Reticulofenestrarotaria FO and FCO). Integrated planktonic foraminifera and calcareous nannoplankton data contribute to an enhanced time resolution of the Tortonian - early Messinian interval in the Levantine basin, and contribute to detailed correlations throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. In addition, we compare methodologies commonly used in calcareous plankton biostratigraphy, and shortly outline sources of bias that can influence the results of stratigraphic studies. |
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Keywords: | Planktonic foraminifera Calcareous nannofossils Biostratigraphy Eastern Mediterranean Cyprus Messinian |
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