Late Paleocene event chronology: unconformities, not diachrony
Late Paleocene event chronology: unconformities, not diachrony
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古新世晚期事件年表:不整合,而非历时
DOI:
10.2113/171.3.367
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发表时间:
2000
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通讯作者:
R. Olsson
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作者:
M. Aubry;B. S. Cramer;K. Miller;J. Wright;D. Kent;R. Olsson
AbslmCI. - The chronology of the evcnts associated with the late Paleocene lhermal maximum (L PTM. Chron C24r) has been established through Ihe construclion of a composite reference sec ti on that involved chemomagnetobiostratigraphic corrclations and assumed minimum diachrony of bioslrati graphic CI·Cl1ts. On this basis. discrepancies between correlations in different sections were explained by inferred unconformities. However. diachrony between distant sections cannot be ruled OUI. We report here on two geographically dose sections drilled onshore New Jersey thaI yield different records of chemomagnetobiostratigraphk correlations in the interval represeming Chron CNr. Because of their proximity (- 40 km apart). diachrony of biostratigraphic events bel ween the two sections can be ruled out. In contrast. lhe marked lilhologic disconformities in lhe sections explain well the different records of el·ems. We thus conclude that thc cu rrent relative chronology for Chron C24r is firmly based and lha! the upper Paleocene-lower Eocene stWl igraphie record yields multiple unconformilies. with Subzone NP9b rarely sampled. We examine the implications thaI undceiphered un conformities may have on the idclllification of proxies for paleoceanographic reconslruction, in particular with regard 10 t he identification of the carbon isowpe excursion (C IE) lhat renects a dramatic lalest Paleocene disturbance of the carbon cycle. We propose biostratigraphic means (short-lived calcareous nannoplankwn and planktonic foraminifera taxa ) that permit lhe unequivocal identification of the CIE not only in the oceanic realm but al so in ncri tic sC lIins s.