- EVALUATING REPETITION IN SEDIMENTARY SUCCESSIONS USING HIGH RESOLUTION INTEGRATED STRATIGRAPHY: AN EXAMPLE IN THE LOWER PLIOCENE SEQUENCE OF ODP HOLE 975B
- DI STEFANO, AGATA
Subject
- Balearic Basin
- Early Pliocene
- Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy
- Cyclostratigraphy
- Repeated stratigraphy
Description
- The Lower Pliocene succession recovered at ODP Hole 975B (Balearic Basin, western Mediterranean) displays a sudden increase in sedimentation rate, in disagreement with the lithological homogeneity that characterizes the succession. The present study, consisting of a high resolution stratigraphic analysis, demonstrates that the succession is affected by repetition. The section has been astrochronologically constrained through integration of detailed biostratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy, which permitted a precise evaluation of the length and duration of the duplicated interval. This result demonstrates the efficacy of integrated stratigraphy in solving wide-range geological problems.
Date
- 2010-03-31
Type
- info:eu-repo/semantics/article
- info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Format
- application/pdf
Identifier
10.13130/2039-4942/5940