EVALUATING REPETITION IN SEDIMENTARY SUCCESSIONS USING HIGH RESOLUTION INTEGRATED STRATIGRAPHY: AN EXAMPLE IN THE LOWER PLIOCENE SEQUENCE OF ODP HOLE 975B

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  • AGATA DI STEFANO

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/5940

Keywords:

Balearic Basin, Early Pliocene, Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy, Cyclostratigraphy, Repeated stratigraphy

Abstract

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.

 

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Published

31-03-2010

How to Cite

DI STEFANO, A. (2010) “EVALUATING REPETITION IN SEDIMENTARY SUCCESSIONS USING HIGH RESOLUTION INTEGRATED STRATIGRAPHY: AN EXAMPLE IN THE LOWER PLIOCENE SEQUENCE OF ODP HOLE 975B”, RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA , 116(1). doi: 10.13130/2039-4942/5940.

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