Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of

 

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2017

Citation

The International Nannoplankton Association, Summer 2017

Comments

Used by permission.

Abstract

A quantitative analysis of calcareous nannofossils was conducted on lower Miocene sediments from Ocean Drilling Program Hole 959A on the West African margin. Combined with data from previous investigations of the lower Miocene from the tropical Atlantic, this research identifies and tests the viability of markers used in current zonation schemes, identifies alternative markers for age boundaries, and examines statistically the most probable order of events in the lower Miocene with the use of the ranking and scaling method (RASC).

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