Signature sédimentaire d'événements globaux post-mésozoïques en mer des Caraïbes: Résultats préliminaires de la campagne ODP 165

Translated title of the contribution: Sedimentary record of post-Mesozoic global events in the Caribbean Sea: Preliminary results of ODP Leg 165

Bruno Galbrun, Véronique Louvel, Pierre Cotillon, Mark Leckie, Haraldur Sigurdsson, Gary Acton, Lewis J. Abrams, Timothy J. Bralower, Steven N. Carey, William P. Chaisson, Andrew Cunningham, Steven L. D'Hondt, André Droxler, Gerald Haug, Koji Kameo, John King, Ida L. Lind, Timothy W. Lyons, Richard W. Murray, Maria MuttiRichard B. Pearce, D. Graham Pearson, Larry C. Peterson, Ursula Röhl

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Abstract

Drilling at five ODP sites (998 to 1002) in the Caribbean Sea has provided an excellent marine record representing nearly 80 m.y. of Earth history. Regional and global events can be analyzed: the mid-Campanian to lower Eocene section includes unique records of the K/T boundary and the 'late Paleocene thermal maximum'; the spectacular record of Eocene and Miocene explosive volcanism is unmatched in its magnitude and chronostratigraphic resolution; the spatial distribution of a middle/late Miocene minimum in carbonate accumulation ('carbonate crash') was extended from a regional anomaly in the Pacific to an interbasinal tropical phenomenon.

Translated title of the contributionSedimentary record of post-Mesozoic global events in the Caribbean Sea: Preliminary results of ODP Leg 165
Original languageFrench
Pages (from-to)505-510
Number of pages6
JournalComptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes
Volume325
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1997

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ocean Engineering

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